How common is the surname Ridgway?

5,429 people in the United States had the surname Ridgway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,870 Americans. It ranked 6,291st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ridgway?

Robert Ridgway, American ornithologist (1850-1929), followed by Stan Ridgway.

Where is the surname Ridgway most common?

Wikidata records people named Ridgway in the United States.

Is the surname Ridgway getting more or less common?

More common. 5,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,429 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Ridgway

A surname, carried by 5,429 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ridgway is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,429 people named Ridgway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,870 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,349.

#6,291

rank among US surnames

5,429

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,924)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,286	Markey	5,435	56,807
#6,288	Mader	5,434	56,817
#6,290	Plata	5,432	56,838
#6,291	Ridgway	5,429	56,870

Who is named Ridgway

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

92% of people named Ridgway identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ridgways

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Ridgway
American ornithologist (1850-1929)
Stan Ridgway
American singer-songwriter and film and television composer, born 1954
Rozanne L. Ridgway
American diplomat, born 1935

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ridgway

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

Questions

How common is the surname Ridgway?: 5,429 people in the United States had the surname Ridgway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,870 Americans. It ranked 6,291st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ridgway?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ridgway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ridgway?: Robert Ridgway, American ornithologist (1850-1929), followed by Stan Ridgway.
Where is the surname Ridgway most common?: Wikidata records people named Ridgway in the United States.
Is the surname Ridgway getting more or less common?: More common. 5,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,429 in 2010, up 1.5%.