# Brigham (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,485 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,369 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,609 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (6,291 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From bryċġ + hām, "homestead by the bridge".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brigham 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brigham in the United States.

## People named Brigham

- Jacob Brigham, American baseball player
- Paul Brigham, American politician
- Elbert S. Brigham, American politician (1877-1962)
- Carmelo Hayes, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

Burcham, Brigman, Brignac, Briganti, Brigance, Barragan, Bryson, Bergman, Brockman, Briseno, Bracken, Brogan.

## 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.