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    The surname Barkus

    A Lithuanian place surname, carried by 556 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B622

    Barkus: #39,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Barkus #39,555, 556 people Barkus: #39,555 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Barkus #39,555, 556 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barkus is more common than 75.6% of them.

    Origin

    Lithuanian origin

    Various origins: * A reduced form of Barkhouse, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a tannery. * Borrowed from Lithuanian Barkus, a variant of Bartkus. * Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Barkus, a surname with an unexplained origin.

    Barkus is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 556 people named Barkus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 555,298 Americans. That is down 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 610.

    #39,555
    rank among US surnames
    556
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #35,003)

    Who is named Barkus

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

    70% of people named Barkus identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barkus

    Barkus has the Soundex code B622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B622.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barkus come from?
    Various origins: * A reduced form of Barkhouse, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a tannery. * Borrowed from Lithuanian Barkus, a variant of Bartkus. * Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Barkus, a surname with an unexplained origin.
    How common is the surname Barkus?
    556 people in the United States had the surname Barkus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 555,298 Americans. It ranked 39,555th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barkus?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Barkus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Barkus?
    Barkus is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Barkus getting more or less common?
    Less common. 610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 556 in 2010, down 8.9%.