Last Name BRIDGES

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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, Irish

Rank	579 (2000 US census)	496 (1990 US census)

Count	52,260 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

70.46%, or 36822 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
25.54%, or 13347 total occurrences, as black,
0.37%, or 193 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.52%, or 272 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.67%, or 873 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.45%, or 758 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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