# Brittingham (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brittingham/  
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) | 3,689 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,875 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 83,694 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (3,562 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from either of two places called Brettenham, from Old English Bryttas (“Briton”) + hamm (“enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brittingham 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brittingham in the United States.

## People named Brittingham

- Warren Brittingham, American soccer player (1886-1962)

## Similar surnames

Britton, Brittain, Britten, Burton, Barton, Borden, Braden, Bearden, Burden, Breeden, Bratton, Boardman.

## 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.