# Bryce (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,785 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,001 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 64,524 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.9% (4,475 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bryce 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bryce in Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States.

## People named Bryce

- Quentin Bryce, 25th Governor-General of Australia
- James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, British academic (1838-1922)
- Trevor R. Bryce, Australian Hittitologist (born 1940)
- Scott Bryce, American actor

## Similar surnames

Bruce, Brice, Bracey, Brace, Bearce, Briscoe, Brickey, Brooks, Burke, Bowers, Brock, Briggs.

## 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.