How common is the surname Bainbridge?

3,324 people in the United States had the surname Bainbridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,884 Americans. It ranked 9,751st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bainbridge?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bainbridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bainbridge?

Kenneth Bainbridge, American physicist (1904–1996), followed by Angie Bainbridge.

Where is the surname Bainbridge most common?

Wikidata records people named Bainbridge in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Bainbridge getting more or less common?

More common. 3,219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,324 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Bainbridge

An English place surname, carried by 3,324 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bainbridge is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).

Bainbridge is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,324 people named Bainbridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,884 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,219.

#9,751

rank among US surnames

3,324

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,307)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,745	Phoenix	3,326	92,828
#9,747	Frady	3,325	92,856
#9,751	Wash	3,324	92,884
#9,754	Latour	3,323	92,912
#9,756	Paynter	3,322	92,940
#9,760	Penton	3,321	92,968

Who is named Bainbridge

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Bainbridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bainbridges

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kenneth Bainbridge
American physicist (1904–1996)
Angie Bainbridge
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, born 1989
William Sims Bainbridge
American sociologist, born 1940

Notable Bainbridges come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bainbridge come from?: From Bain (“a river in North Yorkshire”) + Old English brycġ (“bridge”).
How common is the surname Bainbridge?: 3,324 people in the United States had the surname Bainbridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,884 Americans. It ranked 9,751st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bainbridge?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bainbridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bainbridge?: Kenneth Bainbridge, American physicist (1904–1996), followed by Angie Bainbridge.
Where is the surname Bainbridge most common?: Wikidata records people named Bainbridge in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Bainbridge?: Bainbridge is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bainbridge getting more or less common?: More common. 3,219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,324 in 2010, up 3.3%.