Explore the Family Name Cridge

The meaning of Cridge

English (Suffolk and Norfolk): perhaps a habitational name from East Creech in Church Knowle or Creech in Steeple (both in Dorset), or Creech Saint Michael (Somerset); or from some other place whose name has a similar origin (British Celtic crouco- ‘hill, barrow’).

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname 'Cridge' saw a slight downward shift in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 115,489th most popular surname, but fell to 119,508th by 2010, marking a decrease of about 3.48 percent. Despite this dip in rank, the number of people with the last name 'Cridge' actually increased during the same time frame. There were 140 individuals carrying the surname in 2000 and this rose to 145 in 2010 – a growth rate of 3.57 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#115,489	#119,508	-3.48%
Count	140	145	3.57%
Proportion per 100k	0.05	0.05	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cridge

When it comes to ethnic identity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of individuals with the surname 'Cridge' identify as White. This group made up 88.57 percent of the total in 2000, growing to 93.10 percent in 2010. Those identifying as two or more races represent the second largest group, although their proportion decreased slightly from 4.29 percent in 2000 to 4.14 percent in 2010. Interestingly, the data shows a complete absence of individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native in both years. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic dropped from 4.29 percent in 2000 to zero in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	88.57%	93.1%	5.11%
Two or More Races	4.29%	4.14%	-3.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	4.29%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%