Kerridge
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English
Etymology
From Old English cǣġ (“stone boulder; key”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).
Proper noun
Kerridge (countable and uncountable, plural Kerridges)
- A small village in Bollington parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9376).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kerridge is the 70208th 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.