How common is the surname Barbeau?

1,971 people in the United States had the surname Barbeau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,644 Americans. It ranked 14,991st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Barbeau?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Barbeau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Barbeau?

Adrienne Barbeau, American actress.

Where is the surname Barbeau most common?

Wikidata records people named Barbeau in the United States.

Is the surname Barbeau getting more or less common?

More common. 1,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,971 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Barbeau

A French surname, carried by 1,971 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barbeau is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,971 people named Barbeau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,644 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,917.

#14,991

rank among US surnames

1,971

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #14,328)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,986	Fuentez	1,972	156,565
#14,991	Nicola	1,971	156,644
#14,995	Stutler	1,970	156,724

Who is named Barbeau

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

91% of people named Barbeau identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Barbeaus

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adrienne Barbeau
American actress, born 1945

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barbeau

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Barbeau come from?: Barbeau is French in origin.
How common is the surname Barbeau?: 1,971 people in the United States had the surname Barbeau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,644 Americans. It ranked 14,991st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barbeau?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Barbeau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Barbeau?: Adrienne Barbeau, American actress.
Where is the surname Barbeau most common?: Wikidata records people named Barbeau in the United States.
Is the surname Barbeau getting more or less common?: More common. 1,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,971 in 2010, up 2.8%.