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    The surname Barclay

    A surname, carried by 11,568 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbɑɹ.kli/ 2 syllables Soundex B624

    Barclay: #3,115 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Barclay #3,115, 11,568 people Barclay: #3,115 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barclay #3,115, 11,568 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barclay is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Berkeley.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,568 people named Barclay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,690 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,160.

    #3,115
    rank among US surnames
    11,568
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,965)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,106Branson11,58726,646
    #3,107Simpkins11,58526,650
    #3,108Ramon11,58226,657
    #3,109Whatley11,57926,664
    #3,110Lewandowski11,57726,669
    #3,111Quinonez11,57626,671
    #3,112Cepeda11,57226,680

    Who is named Barclay

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

    80% of people named Barclay identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Barclays

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
      Baltic German general (1761-1818)
    • Joan Barclay
      American actress (1914–2002)
    • Paris Barclay
      American television director and producer, born 1956
    • 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., born 1955
    • Catherine Barclay
      Australian tennis player, born 1973
    • Don Barclay
      American actor and artist (1892–1975)
    • Harold Barclay
      American anthropologist (1924–2017)
    • Steve Barclay
      American actor (1918-1994)

    Notable Barclays come mostly from the United States (6), the Russian Empire (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barclay

    Barclay has the Soundex code B624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B624.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barclay come from?
    Variant of Berkeley.
    How common is the surname Barclay?
    11,568 people in the United States had the surname Barclay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,690 Americans. It ranked 3,115th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barclay?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Barclay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Barclay?
    Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Baltic German general (1761-1818), followed by Joan Barclay.
    Where is the surname Barclay most common?
    Wikidata records people named Barclay in the United States, the Russian Empire and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
    How do you pronounce Barclay?
    Barclay is /ˈbɑɹ.kli/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Barclay getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,568 in 2010, up 3.7%.