Ridgman Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Ridgman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ridgman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:1,638,76668,634
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Ridgman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ridgman occurs most in England. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ridgman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ridgman is the 2,460,878th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. Ridgman occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Ridgman live; 61 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 1,638,766. In England it is most common in: Cornwall, where 47 percent reside, Greater London, where 26 percent reside and Cambridgeshire, where 15 percent reside. Outside of England this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 39 percent reside and Scotland, where 5 percent reside.

Ridgman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ridgman has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Ridgman last name rose 155 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 185 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ridgman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ridgman surname are 43.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 90% registered to vote for the political party.

Ridgman earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.24% more than the national average, earning $51,883 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Ridgman
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