Dandridge

English

Etymology

English habitational surname, from an unexplained first element + Old English hryċġ (“ridge”).

Proper noun

Dandridge (countable and uncountable, plural Dandridges)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Tennessee

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dandridge is the 7876^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4201 individuals. Dandridge is most common among Black/African American (73.03%) and White (19.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dandridge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 408.