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

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'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.