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    The surname Barbo

    An Italian nickname surname, carried by 548 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B610

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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). Barbo is more common than 75.3% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Barbo, all from barbo (“barbel”), perhaps a nickname.

    Barbo is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 548 people named Barbo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 563,404 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 554.

    #40,016
    rank among US surnames
    548
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #37,728)

    Who is named Barbo

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

    75% of people named Barbo identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.9%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barbo

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barbo come from?
    Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Barbo, all from barbo (“barbel”), perhaps a nickname.
    How common is the surname Barbo?
    548 people in the United States had the surname Barbo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 563,404 Americans. It ranked 40,016th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barbo?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Barbo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Barbo?
    Barbo is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Barbo getting more or less common?
    Less common. 554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 548 in 2010, down 1.1%.