The Brittingham surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,689 people carried this name — #8,875 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,562 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Brittingham surname

Habitational surname from either of two places called Brettenham, from Old English Bryttas (“Briton”) + hamm (“enclosure”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brittingham» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Brittingham in American newspapers,
1904–1915.

Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Brittingham
The Birmingham Age-herald 1911-09-09
Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Brittingham
The Billings Gazette 1904-05-17
Newspaper page from University Missourian carrying the name Brittingham
University Missourian 1915-06-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,713 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brittingham in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

1,240 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brittingham. The most, 301, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 964
New South Wales 162
Tasmania 45
Queensland 35
Western Australia 21
South Australia 12

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brittingham.

Who carried it

People named Brittingham,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Florence V. Brittingham
    Florence V. Brittingham 1856–1891 · writer
  • Warren Brittingham
    Warren Brittingham 1886–1962 · association football player
  • Juan F. Brittingham 1859–1940 · executive
  • Samuel Charles Brittingham 1860–1944 · architect
  • Samuel Charles Brittingham 1860–1944 · architect
  • Oscar J. Brittingham, Jr. 1906–1985 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brittingham,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States224 records

224 records of the Brittingham name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 40
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Levin H. Brittingham

    Born 1923 in Delaware. Enlisted 1942 at Camden, New Jersey; driver from Sussex County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Delaware.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Linden Wayne Brittingham

    Born 1948; from Milton, Delaware. U.S. Marine Corps, m60a1 tank crewman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John Joseph Brittingham

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1934, died 1978; buried at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Bear, Delaware.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 224 records for Brittingham in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia49 records

49 records of the Brittingham name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 32
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 13
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ida Brittingham

    Arrived in Victoria in 1861 aboard the Sussex, aged 25; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Samuel Brittingham

    Former fruiterer of Toorak, Victoria; died 1920.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Samuel Charles Brittingham

    Married 1903 in Launceston, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 49 records for Brittingham in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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