Explore the Family Name Cartlidge

The meaning of Cartlidge

English (Midlands and Cheshire): variant of Cartledge.

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How common is the last name Cartlidge in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Cartlidge has seen slight changes between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 35,106 in terms of commonality, but declined to a rank of 37,229 by 2010, marking a 6.05% drop. The count of people with this surname also decreased from 608 to 599 during the same period, a reduction of 1.48%. Proportionally, for every 100,000 people in the U.S., the number carrying the Cartlidge surname dropped from 0.23 to 0.20, a decrease of 13.04%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,106	#37,229	-6.05%
Count	608	599	-1.48%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.2	-13.04%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cartlidge

The ethnicity of those bearing the Cartlidge surname saw some shifts as well according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The percentage of individuals identifying as White decreased slightly from 66.28% in 2000 to 65.28% in 2010. Similarly, those identifying as Black experienced a small decline from 29.28% to 29.05%. The data indicated a small increase for those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, moving from 1.32% to 1.34%. People reporting two or more ethnic identities increased from 2.14% to 2.84%, a significant relative rise of 32.71%. Additionally, the 2010 Census reported 1.5% of people with the Cartlidge surname identified as Hispanic, a category that was not present in the 2000 data. No individuals were recorded as Asian/Pacific Islander in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	66.28%	65.28%	-1.51%
Black	29.28%	29.05%	-0.79%
Two or More Races	2.14%	2.84%	32.71%
Hispanic	0%	1.5%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.32%	1.34%	1.52%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%