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The BRIDE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 796 28283 0 3
United States (1880 census) 540 9073 0.001 11
Change since 1880 +256 -19210 +N/A -8
Other Countries
Australia 107 13467 0.001 7
United Kingdom 169 18214 0 4
Top States for BRIDE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Iowa 72 5918 0.002 25
California 71 29789 0.000 2
Michigan 49 24240 0.000 5
Florida 47 31556 0.000 3
Washington 43 15422 0.001 7
Top States for BRIDE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Vermont 31 3052 0.005 51
Iowa 72 5918 0.002 25
New Hampshire 27 5695 0.002 22
North Dakota 13 7788 0.002 20
South Dakota 7 15114 0.001 9

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BRIDE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BRIDE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BRIDE in Iowa than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BRIDE by picking someone at random in Vermont than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BRIDE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BRIDE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BRIDE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BRIDE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 652 81.91
Black/African American 124 15.58
Native American/Alaskan 6 0.75
White (Hispanic) 6 0.75
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BRIDE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BRIDE in historical publications

(origin: Gaelic.) From Brighid, a hostage, pledge, or security. The son of Bridget. Cormac, Archbishop of Cashel, in his glossary, defines Brighid "fiery dart," and that it was the name of the Muse who was believed to preside over poetry, in pagan times, in Ireland. Breochuidh, a term given to those virgins who kept the perpetual fire of Beil or Belus among the Druids and ancient Celts.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


BRIDE. May be the A-Sax. brid, a bird; but is more prolialjly the Gael. MacBride, by the suppression of Mac. Brideson is an anglicized form of that name.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to BRIDE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BRIDE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BRIDE

The following words are slight variants of BRIDE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.