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    The surname Waldridge

    An English place surname, carried by 524 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W436

    Waldridge: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Waldridge #41,501, 524 people Waldridge: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Waldridge #41,501, 524 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waldridge is more common than 74.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old English weall (“wall”) + hryċġ (“ridge”). The surname could also be a variant of Wooldridge.

    Waldridge 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 524 people named Waldridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 582.

    #41,501
    rank among US surnames
    524
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -10%
    change since 2000 (was #36,328)

    Who is named Waldridge

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

    95% of people named Waldridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Waldridge

    Waldridge has the Soundex code W436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W436.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Waldridge come from?
    From the Old English weall (“wall”) + hryċġ (“ridge”). The surname could also be a variant of Wooldridge.
    How common is the surname Waldridge?
    524 people in the United States had the surname Waldridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. It ranked 41,501st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Waldridge?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Waldridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Waldridge?
    Waldridge is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Waldridge getting more or less common?
    Less common. 582 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 524 in 2010, down 10%.