How common is the surname Bridge?

5,933 people in the United States had the surname Bridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,039 Americans. It ranked 5,827th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bridge?

Mark Bridge, Australian soccer player, followed by Al Bridge.

Where is the surname Bridge most common?

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

Is the surname Bridge getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,958 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,933 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Bridge

An occupational surname, carried by 5,933 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bridge is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

English surname, from the noun bridge.

Bridge is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,933 people named Bridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,039 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,958.

#5,827

rank among US surnames

5,933

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,383)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,824	Quiroga	5,937	52,004
#5,825	Deering	5,936	52,012
#5,826	Gourley	5,934	52,030
#5,827	Bridge	5,933	52,039

Who is named Bridge

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

90% of people named Bridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bridges

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Bridge
Australian soccer player, born 1985
Al Bridge
American actor (1891-1957)
Michael Morpurgo
British children's writer, born 1943

Notable Bridges come mostly from Australia (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bridge

Bridge has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.

Questions

Where does the surname Bridge come from?: English surname, from the noun bridge.
How common is the surname Bridge?: 5,933 people in the United States had the surname Bridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,039 Americans. It ranked 5,827th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bridge?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bridge?: Mark Bridge, Australian soccer player, followed by Al Bridge.
Where is the surname Bridge most common?: Wikidata records people named Bridge in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Bridge?: Bridge is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Bridge getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,958 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,933 in 2010, down 0.4%.