Cognomen Ridgeway (Ridgeway 
) , worldwide, is a common last name. The surname Ridgeway is characteristic of Vanuatu, where it is quite a common surname, Australia, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United States. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
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| Ridgeway | Canada, Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Ireland |
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thomas ridgeway, 1st earl of londonderry Irish politician (b. 1566) |
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| john ridgeway English politician (b. 1517) |
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| frances ridgeway (died 1772) (b. 1697) |
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| william ridgeway Irish barrister and law reporter (b. 1765) |
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| thomas hughes ridgeway b.1783 d.10 September 1843 (b. 1783) |
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charles ridgeway British bishop (b. 1841) |
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west ridgeway British civil servant and colonial administrator (1844-1930), GB (b. 1844) |
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frederick ridgeway British bishop (b. 1848) |
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fritzi ridgeway American actress (1898-1961), US (b. 1898) |
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| richard kirby ridgeway recipient of the Victoria Cross, IE (b. 1848) |
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| william ridgeway British archaeologist (1853 or 1858–1926), IE (b. 1858) |
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| lucy marion ridgeway (b. 1882) |
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| corra ridgeway (1892-1975) (b. 1892) |
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| sidney william ridgeway (1895-1959) Aboriginal labourer (b. 1895) |
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rick ridgeway American mountaineer, US (b. 1949) |
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