Last Name BRIDGE

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Meaning	Local: At the bridge. The variant Bridhes is not a plural form. It answers to Brooks, Holmes, Styles, etc, and probably represents the genitival 's,' as in Williams, Jones, Roberts, Coles, etc. Also could be local 'of Bruges,' Meanng: Local: Any structure of wood, stone, or other materials, raised over rivers for the passage of men and other animals.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Irish

Rank	5,383 (2000 US census)	5,285 (1990 US census)

Count	5,958 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.38%, or 5504 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.81%, or 227 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 23 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.42%, or 25 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.19%, or 71 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.81%, or 108 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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