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    The surname Barnhardt

    A surname, carried by 2,549 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B656

    Barnhardt: #12,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Barnhardt #12,215, 2,549 people Barnhardt: #12,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barnhardt #12,215, 2,549 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barnhardt is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    German surname, variant of Bernhardt.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,549 people named Barnhardt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,124 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,392.

    #12,215
    rank among US surnames
    2,549
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #11,981)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,208Getchell2,551121,029
    #12,212Wicklund2,550121,077
    #12,215Hemmer2,549121,124
    #12,218Hover2,548121,172
    #12,221Berrier2,547121,219

    Who is named Barnhardt

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

    87% of people named Barnhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Barnhardt

    Barnhardt has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barnhardt come from?
    German surname, variant of Bernhardt.
    How common is the surname Barnhardt?
    2,549 people in the United States had the surname Barnhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,124 Americans. It ranked 12,215th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barnhardt?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Barnhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Barnhardt getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,549 in 2010, up 6.6%.