Cartledge
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse kartr (“rocky ground”) + Old English læcc (“boggy stream”).
Proper noun
Cartledge (countable and uncountable, plural Cartledges)
- A hamlet in Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3277).
- A habitational surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cartledge is the 21633rd 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.