Cartledge

English

Alternative forms

• Cartlidge, Catledge

Etymology

From Old Norse kartr (“rocky ground”) + Old English læcc (“boggy stream”).

Proper noun

Cartledge (countable and uncountable, plural Cartledges)

1. A hamlet in Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3277).
2. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cartledge is the 21633^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1205 individuals. Cartledge is most common among White (69.29%) and Black/African American (26.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cartledge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296.