How common is the surname Barley?

4,744 people in the United States had the surname Barley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,081 Americans. It ranked 7,054th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Barley?

Nigel Barley, British anthropologist.

Where is the surname Barley most common?

Wikidata records people named Barley in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Barley getting more or less common?

More common. 4,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,744 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Barley

An English surname, carried by 4,744 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barley is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

* The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”). * The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”). * As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,744 people named Barley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,081 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,562.

#7,054

rank among US surnames

4,744

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #6,806)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,050	Rinker	4,750	64,999
#7,052	Mapp	4,749	65,013
#7,053	Ernest	4,745	65,068
#7,054	Barley	4,744	65,081

Who is named Barley

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

74% of people named Barley identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Barleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nigel Barley
British anthropologist, born 1947

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barley

Barley has the Soundex code B640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B640.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Barley come from?: * The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”). * The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”). * As an English surname, from the noun…
How common is the surname Barley?: 4,744 people in the United States had the surname Barley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,081 Americans. It ranked 7,054th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barley?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Barley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Barley?: Nigel Barley, British anthropologist.
Where is the surname Barley most common?: Wikidata records people named Barley in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Barley getting more or less common?: More common. 4,562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,744 in 2010, up 4.0%.