How common is the surname Barb?

1,839 people in the United States had the surname Barb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,888 Americans. It ranked 15,827th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Barb getting more or less common?

More common. 1,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,839 in 2010, up 3.0%.

Is Barb also a first name?

Yes. Barb is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Barb

A surname, carried by 1,839 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B610 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barb is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,839 people named Barb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,888 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,786.

#15,827

rank among US surnames

1,839

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #15,146)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,818	Istre	1,841	167,705
#15,824	Stannard	1,840	167,796
#15,827	Bohannan	1,839	167,888
#15,833	Bouffard	1,838	167,979

Who is named Barb

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Barb identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barb

Barb has the Soundex code B610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B610.

Questions

How common is the surname Barb?: 1,839 people in the United States had the surname Barb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,888 Americans. It ranked 15,827th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barb?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Barb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Barb getting more or less common?: More common. 1,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,839 in 2010, up 3.0%.
Is Barb also a first name?: Yes. Barb is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.