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The surname Barefield

A surname, carried by 2,561 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B614

Barefield: #12,170 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Barefield #12,170, 2,561 people Barefield: #12,170 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barefield #12,170, 2,561 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barefield is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,561 people named Barefield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,557 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,258.

#12,170
rank among US surnames
2,561
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+13.4%
change since 2000 (was #12,583)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,164Lustig2,562120,510
#12,170Barefield2,561120,557
#12,174Colindres2,560120,604

Who is named Barefield

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

54% of people named Barefield identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 54%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barefield

Barefield has the Soundex code B614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B614.

Questions

How common is the surname Barefield?
2,561 people in the United States had the surname Barefield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,557 Americans. It ranked 12,170th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barefield?
In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Barefield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Barefield getting more or less common?
More common. 2,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,561 in 2010, up 13%.