Bridgen Surname

348,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,049 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Bridgen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bridgen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5191:107,35711,205
Canada2131:172,98417,319
United States1991:1,821,402119,204
Australia371:729,61448,196
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Wales131:238,04114,239
France81:8,302,840321,660
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3101:78,6308,494
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Bridgen (16) may also be a first name.

Bridgen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bridgen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bridgen is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bridgen.

How Common Is The Last Name Bridgen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bridgen is the 348,286th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,947,136 people. The surname Bridgen occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Bridgen live; 52 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in British Isles. Bridgen is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 16 people.

Bridgen is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 519 people, or 1 in 107,357. In England it is primarily found in: West Midlands, where 15 percent live, Greater London, where 13 percent live and Hampshire, where 11 percent live. Outside of England this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.

Bridgen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bridgen has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Bridgen surname grew 167 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 569 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bridgen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Bridgen last name is predominantly Presbyterian (56%) in Ireland.

In The United States Bridgen are 20.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.5% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bridgen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.55% more than the national average, earning $44,248 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.63% more than the national average, earning $53,476 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bridgen
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