# Bridges (surname)

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

A habitational surname for someone living near a bridge or at a location called Bridge or Bridges

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 53,682 |
| US rank (2010) | 635 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,751 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (52,260 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Genitive or plural form of Bridge.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bridges 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) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bridges in the United States, Argentina and Gabon.

## People named Bridges

- Jeff Bridges, American actor
- Beau Bridges, American actor
- Lloyd Bridges, American actor (1913–1998)
- Ruby Bridges, American civil rights activist (born 1954)
- Mikal Bridges, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Jordan Bridges, American actor
- Miles Bridges, American basketball player (born 1998)
- Todd Bridges, American actor (born 1965)
- James Bridges, American film director and screenwriter (1936-1993)
- Angelica Bridges, American actress
- Alice Bridges, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1916–2011)
- Dorothy Bridges, actress and poet from the United States (1915-2009)

and 12 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Burgess, Borges, Bridge, Bridgeman, Bridgewater, Bridgman, Bridgers, Bridger, Burdge, Bridgeforth, Berridge, Bradshaw.

## 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.