# Bridwell (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,173 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,167 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 97,304 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.4% (3,286 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Briddell |

## Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from a minor place in the civil parish of Uffculme, from Old English bridd (“bird”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bridwell 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Birdwell, Bardwell, Brightwell, Broadwell, Bradwell, Bradley, Bartlett, Bartley, Bartholomew, Breedlove, Bartels, Bordelon.

## 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.