Muggridge Surname

601,015th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 517 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Muggridge Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Great Ridge [Middle English muk-el, Old English myc-el + Middle English rigge, rugge, Old English hrycg]

Muggridge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3011:185,11016,566
Australia681:396,99632,204
United States661:5,491,802273,080
Canada651:566,85547,218
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Wales41:773,63329,106
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1701:143,38512,847
Wales41:392,10412,338

Muggridge Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Great Ridge [Middle English muk-el, Old English myc-el + Middle English rigge, rugge, Old English hrycg]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Evidently local, and probably from the Anglo-Saxon mucel, great, and hricg, a ridge: "the great ridge." It is varied in orthography to Moggridge, Mockridge, Mockeridge, Muggeridge, &c. A small trader in Sussex writes Mugridge over his door, and announces Muggerage's ginger-beer in his window.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Muggridge Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Muggridge Come From? nationality or country of origin

Muggridge is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muggridge? popularity and diffusion

Muggridge is the 601,015th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 14,095,833 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Muggridge reside; 61 percent reside in Northern Europe and 60 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 301 people, or 1 in 185,110. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Kent, where 42 percent live, East Sussex, where 17 percent live and Hampshire, where 8 percent live. Aside from England it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Muggridge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Muggridge has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Muggridge surname increased 177 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Muggridge Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Muggridge surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Muggridge earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 35.63% less than the national average, earning $27,775 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.46% less than the national average, earning $43,491 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mugridge941,401/
Muggride941/
Moggridge89420/
Mugride881/
Mugrige880/
Mogridge821,349/
Mugridje820/
Moggride820/
Mugrage75307/
Mogride751/
Mugridy750/
Mugragee713/
Mougridis678/
Mugriza631/
Mogrize630/
Maugregi591/
Mugeeresi561/
Moghruide561/

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