Cartledge
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kartr (“rocky ground”) + Old English læcc (“boggy stream”).
Proper noun edit
Cartledge (countable and uncountable, plural Cartledges)
- A hamlet in Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3277).
- A habitational surname.
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cartledge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 296.