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    The surname Bridgeforth

    A surname, carried by 1,390 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B632

    Bridgeforth: #19,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bridgeforth #19,441, 1,390 people Bridgeforth: #19,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bridgeforth #19,441, 1,390 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bridgeforth is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,390 people named Bridgeforth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,119 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,280.

    #19,441
    rank among US surnames
    1,390
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,515)

    Who is named Bridgeforth

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

    79% of people named Bridgeforth identified as Black (not Hispanic), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 79%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bridgeforth

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bridgeforth?
    1,390 people in the United States had the surname Bridgeforth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,119 Americans. It ranked 19,441st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bridgeforth?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Bridgeforth identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bridgeforth getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,390 in 2010, up 8.6%.