# Barclay (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,568 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,115 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,690 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (11,160 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɑɹ.kli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Berkeley.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barclay 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

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

## People named Barclay

- Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Baltic German general (1761-1818)
- Joan Barclay, American actress (1914–2002)
- Paris Barclay, American television director and producer
- William Barclay, British author, theologian, radio and TV presenter and Church of Scotland minister (1907-1
- Linwood Barclay, American born, Canadian humourist, author and former columnist.
- Catherine Barclay, Australian tennis player
- Don Barclay, American actor and artist (1892–1975)
- Harold Barclay, American anthropologist (1924–2017)
- Steve Barclay, American actor (1918-1994)

## Similar surnames

Barkley, Barcelo, Barcelona, Braswell, Burkholder, Brazil, Burkhalter, Berglund, Berkley, Breslin, Bressler, Brazell.

## 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.