# Brownrigg (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brownrigg/  
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) | 731 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,629 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 422,361 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (680 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from any of several minor places in Cumbria, from Old English brūn (“brown”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brownrigg 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Similar surnames

Bronner, Browner, Bernard, Barnard, Barnhart, Brenner, Brunner, Bruner, Bernier, Bernhardt, Bernardo, Bremer.

## 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.