How common is the surname Brittingham?

3,689 people in the United States had the surname Brittingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,694 Americans. It ranked 8,875th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brittingham?

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

Where is the surname Brittingham most common?

Wikidata records people named Brittingham in the United States.

Is the surname Brittingham getting more or less common?

More common. 3,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,689 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Brittingham

An English place surname, carried by 3,689 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brittingham is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Brittingham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,689 people named Brittingham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,694 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,562.

#8,875

rank among US surnames

3,689

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,517)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,870	Cirillo	3,692	83,626
#8,872	Phares	3,691	83,648
#8,873	Gailey	3,690	83,671
#8,875	Laflamme	3,689	83,694
#8,878	Stanger	3,688	83,716
#8,882	Geddes	3,687	83,739

Who is named Brittingham

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

74% of people named Brittingham identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brittinghams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Warren Brittingham
American soccer player (1886-1962)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brittingham

Brittingham has the Soundex code B635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B635.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brittingham come from?: Habitational surname from either of two places called Brettenham, from Old English Bryttas (“Briton”) + hamm (“enclosure”).
How common is the surname Brittingham?: 3,689 people in the United States had the surname Brittingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,694 Americans. It ranked 8,875th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brittingham?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Brittingham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brittingham?: Warren Brittingham, American soccer player (1886-1962).
Where is the surname Brittingham most common?: Wikidata records people named Brittingham in the United States.
What type of surname is Brittingham?: Brittingham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Brittingham getting more or less common?: More common. 3,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,689 in 2010, up 3.6%.