How common is the surname Barbe?

1,097 people in the United States had the surname Barbe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,445 Americans. It ranked 23,238th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Barbe?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Barbe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Barbe?

Koen Barbé, Belgian racing cyclist.

Where is the surname Barbe most common?

Wikidata records people named Barbe in Belgium.

Is the surname Barbe getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,097 in 2010, down 4.9%.

The surname Barbe

A surname, carried by 1,097 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barbe is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,097 people named Barbe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,445 Americans. That is down 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,154.

#23,238

rank among US surnames

1,097

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.9%

change since 2000 (was #21,192)

Who is named Barbe

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

88% of people named Barbe identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Barbes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Koen Barbé
Belgian racing cyclist, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barbe

Barbe 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 Barbe?: 1,097 people in the United States had the surname Barbe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,445 Americans. It ranked 23,238th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barbe?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Barbe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Barbe?: Koen Barbé, Belgian racing cyclist.
Where is the surname Barbe most common?: Wikidata records people named Barbe in Belgium.
Is the surname Barbe getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,097 in 2010, down 4.9%.