How common is the surname Pridgeon?

1,033 people in the United States had the surname Pridgeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pridgeon?

Alec M. Pridgeon, British botanist.

Where is the surname Pridgeon most common?

Wikidata records people named Pridgeon in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Pridgeon getting more or less common?

More common. 988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Pridgeon

A surname, carried by 1,033 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pridgeon is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Variant of Pridgen.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,033 people named Pridgeon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 988.

#24,288

rank among US surnames

1,033

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #23,863)

Who is named Pridgeon

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

64% of people named Pridgeon identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pridgeons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alec M. Pridgeon
British botanist, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pridgeon

Pridgen

Pridgeon has the Soundex code P632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P632.

Questions

Where does the surname Pridgeon come from?: Variant of Pridgen.
How common is the surname Pridgeon?: 1,033 people in the United States had the surname Pridgeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pridgeon?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Pridgeon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pridgeon?: Alec M. Pridgeon, British botanist.
Where is the surname Pridgeon most common?: Wikidata records people named Pridgeon in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Pridgeon getting more or less common?: More common. 988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, up 4.6%.