Ridley Family History
Ridley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places in
England so named, especially the one in Northumberland, which, like
that in Cheshire, is derived from Old English geryd ‘channel’ +
leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’. Those in Essex and Kent appear in
Domesday Book as Retleia and Redlege respectively, and
get their names from Old English hreod ‘reed’ +
leah.Possibly also an altered spelling of German
Riedel or Riedler (see Ridler).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Ridley Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ridley families
 111 - 219  38 - 110 |
 1 - 37  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Ridley families
|
819 - 1,635 274 - 818 |
1 - 273 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ridley families
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15 - 28 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Ridley Family Origin
Ridley Immigration Information
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Ridley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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