# Bridger (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,695 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,839 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 182,151 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.0% (1,570 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From bridge + -er.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bridger 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

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

## People named Bridger

- Jim Bridger, American explorer (1804-1881)
- Deonne Bridger, Australian female recurve archer

## Similar surnames

Berger, Burger, Barger, Borger, Brugger, Boerger, Buerger, Bridges, Bridge, 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.