# Bridge (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bridge/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An occupational surname for a bridgekeeper

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,933 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,827 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 52,039 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.4% (5,958 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from the noun bridge.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bridge in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bridge in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bridge

- Mark Bridge, Australian soccer player
- Al Bridge, American actor (1891-1957)
- Michael Morpurgo, British children's writer

## Similar surnames

Burge, Berge, Birge, Barge, Burdge, Borge, Byrge, Berridge, Bridges, Bridgeman, Bridgewater, Bridgman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.