How common is the surname Barber?

78,848 people in the United States had the surname Barber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,916 Americans. It ranked 406th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Barber?

Samuel Barber, American composer (1910-1981), followed by Andrea Barber.

Where is the surname Barber most common?

Wikidata records people named Barber in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.

Is the surname Barber getting more or less common?

More common. 76,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 78,848 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Barber

An occupational surname, carried by 78,848 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barber is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a barber.

Barber is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 78,848 people named Barber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,916 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 76,504.

#406

rank among US surnames

78,848

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #376)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#397	Simon	80,460	3,837
#398	Velasquez	80,364	3,842
#399	Hardy	80,252	3,847
#400	Higgins	79,803	3,869
#401	Aguirre	79,517	3,883
#402	Lin	79,508	3,883
#403	Cummings	79,316	3,893

Who is named Barber

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

75% of people named Barber identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Barbers

25 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Samuel Barber
American composer (1910-1981)
Andrea Barber
American actress (born 1976)
Lance Barber
American actor, born 1973
Patricia Barber
American composer, jazz singer and pianist as well as bandleader and arranger, born 1955
Me'Lisa Barber
American track and field sprint athlete, born 1980
Mikele Barber
American sprinter, born 1980
Deshauna Barber
American model and U.S. Army officer, born 1989
Frances Barber
British actress, born 1958
Michael C. Barber
American Roman Catholic bishop, born 1954
John Barber
British engineer, 1734–1793
Gary Barber
American film producer of South African descent, born 1957
Ronde Barber
American football player (born 1975)

Notable Barbers come mostly from the United States (20), the United Kingdom (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barber

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

Questions

How common is the surname Barber?: 78,848 people in the United States had the surname Barber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,916 Americans. It ranked 406th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barber?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Barber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Barber?: Samuel Barber, American composer (1910-1981), followed by Andrea Barber.
Where is the surname Barber most common?: Wikidata records people named Barber in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Barber?: Barber is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Barber getting more or less common?: More common. 76,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 78,848 in 2010, up 3.1%.