How common is the surname Barkley?

13,051 people in the United States had the surname Barkley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,657 Americans. It ranked 2,764th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Barkley?

Charles Barkley, American basketball player (born 1963), followed by Alben W. Barkley.

Where is the surname Barkley most common?

Wikidata records people named Barkley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Barkley?

Barkley is /ˈbɑɹkli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Barkley getting more or less common?

More common. 12,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,051 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Barkley

A surname, carried by 13,051 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɑɹkli/ 2 syllables Soundex B624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barkley is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

Variant of Berkeley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,051 people named Barkley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,657 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,940.

#2,764

rank among US surnames

13,051

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,573)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,755	Garibay	13,088	23,590
#2,756	Santillan	13,081	23,603
#2,758	Westfall	13,079	23,606
#2,759	Willey	13,067	23,628
#2,760	Lassiter	13,066	23,630
#2,761	Willett	13,065	23,631
#2,762	Graff	13,058	23,644

Who is named Barkley

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

73% of people named Barkley identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Barkleys

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Barkley
American basketball player (born 1963)
Alben W. Barkley
American politician and vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 (1877-1956)
Saquon Barkley
American football player (born 1997)
Dean Barkley
American politician, born 1950
Russell Barkley
American psychologist and author, born 1949
Erick Barkley
American professional basketball player and coach, born 1978
Matt Barkley
American football player (born 1990)
Lucille Barkley
American actress (1925-1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barkley

Barkley 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 Barkley come from?: Variant of Berkeley.
How common is the surname Barkley?: 13,051 people in the United States had the surname Barkley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,657 Americans. It ranked 2,764th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barkley?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Barkley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Barkley?: Charles Barkley, American basketball player (born 1963), followed by Alben W. Barkley.
Where is the surname Barkley most common?: Wikidata records people named Barkley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Barkley?: Barkley is /ˈbɑɹkli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Barkley getting more or less common?: More common. 12,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,051 in 2010, up 0.9%.