# Barber (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/barber/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation for a barber.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 78,848 |
| US rank (2010) | 406 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,916 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (76,504 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barber in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barber in the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

## People named Barber

- Samuel Barber, American composer (1910-1981)
- Andrea Barber, American actress (born 1976)
- Lance Barber, American actor
- Patricia Barber, American composer, jazz singer and pianist as well as bandleader and arranger
- Me'Lisa Barber, American track and field sprint athlete
- Mikele Barber, American sprinter
- Deshauna Barber, American model and U.S. Army officer
- Frances Barber, British actress
- Michael C. Barber, American Roman Catholic bishop
- John Barber, British engineer
- Gary Barber, American film producer of South African descent
- Ronde Barber, American football player (born 1975)

and 13 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Barbour, Barbieri, Barbera, Barbara, Berber, Barbier, Barbaro, Barbar, Broberg, Burford, Braverman, Burbridge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.