How common is the surname Bridgewater?

3,857 people in the United States had the surname Bridgewater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,048 Americans. It ranked 8,532nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bridgewater?

Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer (born 1950), followed by Brad Bridgewater.

Where is the surname Bridgewater most common?

Wikidata records people named Bridgewater in the United States.

How do you pronounce Bridgewater?

Bridgewater is /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.wɑ.təɹ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Bridgewater getting more or less common?

More common. 3,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,857 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Bridgewater

A surname, carried by 3,857 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.wɑ.təɹ/ 3 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). Bridgewater is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Variant of Bridgwater.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,857 people named Bridgewater in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,048 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,690.

#8,532

rank among US surnames

3,857

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,258)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,526	Mathers	3,860	79,986
#8,527	Drain	3,859	80,007
#8,529	Moretti	3,858	80,027
#8,532	Mannino	3,857	80,048
#8,534	Ludlow	3,856	80,069

Who is named Bridgewater

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

58% of people named Bridgewater identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 58%
Black (not Hispanic) 36%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bridgewaters

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer (born 1950)
Brad Bridgewater
American swimmer, born 1973
Teddy Bridgewater
American football player, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bridgewater

Bridgewater 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 Bridgewater come from?: Variant of Bridgwater.
How common is the surname Bridgewater?: 3,857 people in the United States had the surname Bridgewater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,048 Americans. It ranked 8,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bridgewater?: In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Bridgewater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bridgewater?: Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer (born 1950), followed by Brad Bridgewater.
Where is the surname Bridgewater most common?: Wikidata records people named Bridgewater in the United States.
How do you pronounce Bridgewater?: Bridgewater is /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.wɑ.təɹ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Bridgewater getting more or less common?: More common. 3,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,857 in 2010, up 4.5%.