How common is the surname Bridges?

53,682 people in the United States had the surname Bridges in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,751 Americans. It ranked 635th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bridges?

Jeff Bridges, American actor, followed by Beau Bridges.

Where is the surname Bridges most common?

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

Is the surname Bridges getting more or less common?

More common. 52,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 53,682 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Bridges

A place surname, carried by 53,682 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bridges is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

Genitive or plural form of Bridge.

Bridges is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 53,682 people named Bridges in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,751 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 52,260.

#635

rank among US surnames

53,682

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #579)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#626	Christian	54,198	5,697
#627	Skinner	54,046	5,713
#628	Bradford	54,015	5,716
#629	Richard	53,893	5,729
#630	Galvan	53,822	5,736
#631	Wall	53,794	5,739
#632	Boone	53,792	5,740

Who is named Bridges

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

68% of people named Bridges identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bridgess

24 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeff Bridges
American actor, born 1949
Beau Bridges
American actor, born 1941
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, born 1973
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, born 1973
Alice Bridges
American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1916–2011)
Dorothy Bridges
Actress and poet from the United States (1915-2009)

Notable Bridgess come mostly from the United States (22), Argentina (1) and Gabon (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bridges

Bridges 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 Bridges come from?: Genitive or plural form of Bridge.
How common is the surname Bridges?: 53,682 people in the United States had the surname Bridges in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,751 Americans. It ranked 635th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bridges?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Bridges identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bridges?: Jeff Bridges, American actor, followed by Beau Bridges.
Where is the surname Bridges most common?: Wikidata records people named Bridges in the United States, Argentina and Gabon.
What type of surname is Bridges?: Bridges is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bridges getting more or less common?: More common. 52,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 53,682 in 2010, up 2.7%.