Ridgeon Surname
Approximately 614 people bear this surname
Ridgeon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 549 | 1:101,490 | 10,680 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:171,918 | 11,581 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Barbados | 9 | 1:31,939 | 1,516 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 118 | 1:206,571 | 16,235 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Ridgeon Demographics
Ridgeon Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Ridgeon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ridgeon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ridgeon is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ridgeon? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ridgeon is the 527,543rd most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Ridgeon are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in British Isles.
This last name is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 549 people, or 1 in 101,490. In England it is most frequent in: Suffolk, where 17 percent are found, Greater London, where 14 percent are found and Cambridgeshire, where 9 percent are found. Outside of England this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Wales, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.
Ridgeon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ridgeon has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Ridgeon last name expanded 465 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 58 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ridgeon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Ridgeon earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 10% more than the national average, earning $54,652 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigeon | 92 | 8 | / |
| Rideon | 92 | 4 | / |
| Rgideon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ridgean | 86 | 1 | / |
| Redgeon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rideone | 86 | 0 | / |
| Rideont | 86 | 0 | / |
| Ridjeon | 86 | 0 | / |
| Ridgion | 86 | 0 | / |
| Ridgeand | 80 | 0 | / |
| Regeon | 77 | 159 | / |
| Rageon | 77 | 8 | / |
| Ridean | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ridion | 77 | 5 | / |
| Riseon | 77 | 4 | / |
| Riceon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Régeon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rigean | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rougeon | 71 | 186 | / |
| Ridyong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rageone | 71 | 1 | / |
| Reigean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Redeont | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ridiont | 71 | 0 | / |
| Raiegean | 67 | 8 | / |
| Reigeane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Riodehan | 67 | 0 | / |
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Ridgeon Reference & Research
Ridgeon One-name Study - A profile of the Ridgeon surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.
Ridgeon FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ridgeon
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis