Kerridge

English

Etymology

From Old English cǣġ (“stone boulder; key”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

Proper noun

Kerridge (countable and uncountable, plural Kerridges)

1. A small village in Bollington parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9376).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kerridge is the 70208^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 279 individuals. Kerridge is most common among White (67.03%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (15.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kerridge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 295.