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    The surname Barfield

    A surname, carried by 13,165 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B614

    Barfield: #2,737 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Barfield #2,737, 13,165 people Barfield: #2,737 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barfield #2,737, 13,165 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barfield is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,165 people named Barfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,452 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,670.

    #2,737
    rank among US surnames
    13,165
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,622)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,728Marlow13,20523,381
    #2,729Jeter13,19823,393
    #2,730Tong13,19623,397
    #2,731Lyle13,19223,404
    #2,732Scales13,19023,408
    #2,733Segovia13,18223,422
    #2,734Burleson13,17623,432

    Who is named Barfield

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

    69% of people named Barfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • 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 Barfield

    Barfield 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 Barfield?
    13,165 people in the United States had the surname Barfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,452 Americans. It ranked 2,737th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barfield?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Barfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Barfield getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,165 in 2010, up 3.9%.