# Rudge (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rudge/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 535 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,800 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 577,094 people |
| Change since 2000 | -12.2% (609 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From dialectal Middle English rugge (“ridge”), or from the place name Rudge in Shropshire. Also from the given name Roger, and a nickname from Old French rouge (“red”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rudge in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Ridge, Rhodes, Ritchie, Rhoades, Rhoads, Rodas, Reddick, Ridgeway, Ritchey, Riddick, Reitz, Ritz.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.