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    The surname Barbar

    An Arabic surname, carried by 525 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B616

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barbar is more common than 74.5% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    From the Arabic surname of unexplained origin; this surname is mainly found in Syria and Lebanon.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 525 people named Barbar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 588,087 Americans. That is down 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 552.

    #41,426
    rank among US surnames
    525
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #37,835)

    Who is named Barbar

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

    62% of people named Barbar identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barbar

    Barbar has the Soundex code B616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B616.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barbar come from?
    From the Arabic surname of unexplained origin; this surname is mainly found in Syria and Lebanon.
    How common is the surname Barbar?
    525 people in the United States had the surname Barbar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 588,087 Americans. It ranked 41,426th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barbar?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Barbar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Barbar getting more or less common?
    Less common. 552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 525 in 2010, down 4.9%.