How common is the surname Ridge?

7,133 people in the United States had the surname Ridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,284 Americans. It ranked 4,936th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ridge?

Tom Ridge, 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security, followed by Blaine Ridge-Davis.

Where is the surname Ridge most common?

Wikidata records people named Ridge in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Ridge getting more or less common?

More common. 6,942 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,133 in 2010, up 2.8%.

Is Ridge also a first name?

Yes. Ridge is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ridge

An English place surname, carried by 7,133 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R320 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ridge is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

English origin

From ridge. Originating from Middle English.

Ridge is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,133 people named Ridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,284 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,942.

#4,936

rank among US surnames

7,133

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,672)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,932	Hung	7,137	43,260
#4,933	Loving	7,135	43,272
#4,934	Bocanegra	7,134	43,278
#4,936	Ridge	7,133	43,284
#4,938	Moll	7,131	43,296

Who is named Ridge

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

86% of people named Ridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ridges

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Ridge
43rd Governor of Pennsylvania, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security, born 1945
Blaine Ridge-Davis
British cyclist, born 1999
Jason Ridge
American pornographic actor, born 1974

Notable Ridges come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ridge

Ridge has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ridge come from?: From ridge. Originating from Middle English.
How common is the surname Ridge?: 7,133 people in the United States had the surname Ridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,284 Americans. It ranked 4,936th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ridge?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Ridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ridge?: Tom Ridge, 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security, followed by Blaine Ridge-Davis.
Where is the surname Ridge most common?: Wikidata records people named Ridge in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Ridge?: Ridge is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Ridge getting more or less common?: More common. 6,942 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,133 in 2010, up 2.8%.
Is Ridge also a first name?: Yes. Ridge is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.