Bridgwater

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Bridgewater === Etymology === Recorded as Brigewaltier in the Pipe rolls, the town's name derives from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + the personal name Walter, from the local landowner Walter of Douai. === Proper noun === Bridgwater (countable and uncountable, plural Bridgwaters) A market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037). A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Bridgwater is the 71478th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 273 individuals. Bridgwater is most common among White (91.58%) individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bridgwater”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227.