The Bride surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 760 people carried this name — #30,665 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 5% from 796 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 734 people named Bride.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Jura.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Bride live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Bride,
with a public archive behind them.
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Abbie K. Bride 1869– · botanical collector
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René Bride 1906–1998 · politician
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Marcel Bride 1946– · politician
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Françoise Bride 1952– · politician
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Christian Bride 1955– · politician
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Frédéric Bride 1959– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bride.
- Briard 138 · U.S. census
- Bricault 174 · U.S. census
- Brice 11,697 · U.S. census
- Brick 3,235 · U.S. census
- Bricka 101 · U.S. census
- Brida 149 · U.S. census
- Brie 111 · U.S. census
- Briel 498 · U.S. census
- Brien 2,882 · U.S. census
- Brier 1,813 · U.S. census
- Briere 1,245 · U.S. census
- Brierre 149 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bride is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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