Ridgeway is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ridgeway
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ridgeway

How popular is Ridgeway?

Ridgeway is common in United States.

Ridgeway is ranked 36882 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ridgeway bearers increased by 2.09305 per cent in 2010 US census to 8975 since 2000, the surname slipped by 254 spots and ranked at 3960. The last name was found in around 30 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.81 77.44
Black 18.67 17.93
Others 2.61 1.69
Hispanic or Latino 2.11 1.23
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.24 1.27
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.43
Ridgeway is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 13382 people have been found who wears Ridgeway as their family name. Ridgeway is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,346 Bermuda6
720,003 Russia4
4,529 Mauritius3
40,064 Nigeria2
147,165 Czech Republic2
41,879 Turkey2
1,500,361 India2
12,172 Ghana2
91,784 Netherlands2
14,004 Hungary2
26,123 Malaysia2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
36,814 Romania1
172,258 Germany1
37,779 Serbia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
10,683 Cyprus1
28,746 Algeria1
151,601 Spain1
30,360 Thailand1
91,024 Belgium1
2,578 Guam1
810,193 Indonesia1
21,562 Portugal1
36,678 Singapore1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
81,201 Switzerland1
29,046 Japan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
6,212 Jamaica1
16,640 Hong Kong1
1,970 Grenada1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
16,226 New Zealand33
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
117,149 France73
6,953 Scotland72
Countries with hundreds of Ridgeway:
7,579 England898
4,111 Australia732
11,824 Canada327
22,865 South Africa256
2,852 Ireland147
Countries with ten thousands of Ridgeway:
3,714 United States10,748
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Pianist John Ridgeway from Great Britain aboard the Ivanhoe from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in USA on July 2, 1849. 30 years old Samuel Ridgeway, Thomas Ridgeway (48) Servant, Richard Ridgeway (21) Workman, George Ridgeway (23) Workman, Susan Ridgeway, aged 28, 15 years old Anne Ridgeway, John Ridgeway, aged 13, Mary Ridgeway, aged 12, and 2 other Ridgeway around 42.86% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Ridgeway Namesakes

  • Aden Ridgeway, Former Australian Senator
  • Suzanne Ridgeway, Film actress
  • Fred Ridgeway, Television actor
  • Dante Ridgeway, Football player
  • Fritzi Ridgeway, Actress
  • Fritzi Ridgeway, Actress
  • Gracie Ridgeway, Singer
  • Suzanne Ridgeway, Film actress
  • Dante Ridgeway, Football player
  • Rick Ridgeway, Environmentalist
  • In 2012, Kevin Ridgeway played the role of Samael in action and comedy film The Velvet Elvis.

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