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    The surname Bridgers

    A surname, carried by 2,397 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B632

    Bridgers: #12,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bridgers #12,842, 2,397 people Bridgers: #12,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bridgers #12,842, 2,397 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bridgers is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,397 people named Bridgers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,805 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,207.

    #12,842
    rank among US surnames
    2,397
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,803)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,833Vinci2,400128,644
    #12,835Digirolamo2,399128,698
    #12,837Perreira2,398128,751
    #12,842Bridgers2,397128,805
    #12,850Camilo2,396128,859

    Who is named Bridgers

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

    72% of people named Bridgers identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bridgerss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Phoebe Bridgers
      American musician (born 1994)
    • Sean Bridgers
      American actor and director, born 1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bridgers

    Bridgers 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 Bridgers?
    2,397 people in the United States had the surname Bridgers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,805 Americans. It ranked 12,842nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bridgers?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Bridgers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bridgers?
    Phoebe Bridgers, American musician (born 1994), followed by Sean Bridgers.
    Where is the surname Bridgers most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bridgers in the United States.
    Is the surname Bridgers getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,207 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,397 in 2010, up 8.6%.