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The surname Barcomb

A surname, carried by 1,270 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B625

Barcomb: #20,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Barcomb #20,792, 1,270 people Barcomb: #20,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barcomb #20,792, 1,270 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barcomb is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,270 people named Barcomb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,161.

#20,792
rank among US surnames
1,270
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+9.4%
change since 2000 (was #21,088)

Who is named Barcomb

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

94% of people named Barcomb identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barcomb

Barcomb has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

Questions

How common is the surname Barcomb?
1,270 people in the United States had the surname Barcomb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. It ranked 20,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barcomb?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Barcomb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Barcomb getting more or less common?
More common. 1,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,270 in 2010, up 9.4%.