How common is the surname Bristow?

7,323 people in the United States had the surname Bristow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,161 Americans. It ranked 4,819th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bristow?

Patrick Bristow, American actor and comedian, followed by Gwen Bristow.

Where is the surname Bristow most common?

Wikidata records people named Bristow in the United States.

Is the surname Bristow getting more or less common?

More common. 7,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,323 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Bristow

A place surname, carried by 7,323 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bristow is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Habitational surname for someone who lived in Bristol.

Bristow 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 7,323 people named Bristow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,161 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,134.

#4,819

rank among US surnames

7,323

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,563)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,810	Button	7,341	42,058
#4,811	Abell	7,339	42,069
#4,812	Jamieson	7,338	42,075
#4,813	Irish	7,336	42,086
#4,814	Wickham	7,335	42,092
#4,815	Reiss	7,334	42,098
#4,816	Germain	7,332	42,109

Who is named Bristow

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

82% of people named Bristow identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bristows

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Patrick Bristow
American actor and comedian, born 1962
Gwen Bristow
American author and journalist, 1903–1980
Allan Bristow
American basketball player, coach, executive, born 1951
Joseph L. Bristow
American politician (1861-1944)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bristow

Bristow has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Questions

Where does the surname Bristow come from?: Habitational surname for someone who lived in Bristol.
How common is the surname Bristow?: 7,323 people in the United States had the surname Bristow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,161 Americans. It ranked 4,819th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bristow?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Bristow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bristow?: Patrick Bristow, American actor and comedian, followed by Gwen Bristow.
Where is the surname Bristow most common?: Wikidata records people named Bristow in the United States.
What type of surname is Bristow?: Bristow is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bristow getting more or less common?: More common. 7,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,323 in 2010, up 2.6%.