Dandridge
English
Etymology
English habitational surname, from an unexplained first element + Old English hryċġ (“ridge”).
Proper noun
Dandridge (countable and uncountable, plural Dandridges)
- A surname from Old English.
- A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dandridge is the 7876th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 408.