Brigham is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brigham
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning:

Lastname is variant form of Brigman. Bridgeman.
Anglo-Saxon brycg, a bridge.

One who came from Brigham, i.e., homestead by the bridge, the name of places in Cumberland and Yorkshire.

A township and estate in Yorkshire, possessed by the family for several centuries.

How popular is Brigham?

Brigham is common in United States, England, Canada, Australia, Portugal.

Brigham is ranked 48471 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Brigham bearers increased by 3.08 per cent in 2010 US census to 6485 since 2000, the surname slipped by 251 spots and ranked at 5369. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.96 80.81
Black 16.72 15.45
Hispanic or Latino 2.58 1.51
Others 1.71 1.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.46 0.59
Brigham is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Monaco is ahead in terms of density. Around 10644 people have been found who wears Brigham as their family name. Brigham is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Brigham:
5,015 United States8,879
Countries with hundreds of Brigham:
7,093 England936
11,548 Canada343
19,617 Australia135
4,545 Portugal113
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,055 Zambia52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,340 Wales42
17,002 New Zealand31
329,557 Brazil11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
293,169 France10
4,903 Angola9
20,027 Ecuador9
177,858 South Africa7
25,488 Scotland7
553,295 Thailand6
47,603 Denmark6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Brigham worked as servant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 22 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Washington and arrived on March 31, 1851. Workman Thomas Brigham, Edward Brigham, aged 2, Immigrant Margt. Brigham, Farmer George Brigham, Ann Brigham (50) Farmer, 20 years old George Brigham, 13 years old John Brigham, 11 years old Thomas Brigham, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Laborer Heil. Brigham from Germany aboard the Samaria from Liverpool. He is registered to be 47 years old when he arrived in USA on April 28, 1873. 62 years old Caroline Brigham, 45 years old Ths. Brigham, Joung Brigham (2), are other Brigham that migrated to US.

Brigham Namesakes

  • Amariah Brigham, American psychiatrist and,
  • Carl Brigham, professor of psychology at Princeton University's Department of Psychology and pioneer
  • Albert Perry Brigham, American geologist, born at Perry
  • Mary A. Brigham, American educator
  • Paul Brigham, American Revolutionary soldier and Democratic-Republican politician
  • Asa Brigham, Texas politician
  • Philip Brigham, Canadian rock singer, composer and guitarist
  • Elbert S. Brigham, U.S. Representative from Vermont
  • Elijah Brigham, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
  • Lewis A. Brigham, American Republican Party politician

Brigham Namesakes

  • Amariah Brigham, American psychiatrist and,
  • Carl Brigham, professor of psychology at Princeton University's Department of Psychology and pioneer
  • Albert Perry Brigham, American geologist, born at Perry
  • Mary A. Brigham, American educator
  • Paul Brigham, American Revolutionary soldier and Democratic-Republican politician
  • Asa Brigham, Texas politician
  • Philip Brigham, Canadian rock singer, composer and guitarist
  • Elbert S. Brigham, U.S. Representative from Vermont
  • Elijah Brigham, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
  • Lewis A. Brigham, American Republican Party politician

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