How common is the surname Bridgman?

2,498 people in the United States had the surname Bridgman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. It ranked 12,435th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bridgman?

Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, followed by Laura Bridgman.

Where is the surname Bridgman most common?

Wikidata records people named Bridgman in the United States.

Is the surname Bridgman getting more or less common?

More common. 2,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,498 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Bridgman

A surname, carried by 2,498 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). Bridgman is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,498 people named Bridgman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,427.

#12,435

rank among US surnames

2,498

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,823)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,426	Fellers	2,501	123,449
#12,429	Nolin	2,500	123,498
#12,432	Soza	2,499	123,548
#12,435	Wittenberg	2,498	123,597
#12,440	Tobler	2,497	123,647
#12,444	Cournoyer	2,496	123,696

Who is named Bridgman

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

90% of people named Bridgman identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bridgmans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Percy Williams Bridgman
American physicist, 1882–1961
Laura Bridgman
American deaf-blind teacher and poet (1829–1889)
Frederick Arthur Bridgman
American artist (1847-1928)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bridgman

Bridgman 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 Bridgman?: 2,498 people in the United States had the surname Bridgman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. It ranked 12,435th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bridgman?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bridgman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bridgman?: Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, followed by Laura Bridgman.
Where is the surname Bridgman most common?: Wikidata records people named Bridgman in the United States.
Is the surname Bridgman getting more or less common?: More common. 2,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,498 in 2010, up 2.9%.