How common is the surname Barnhill?

9,040 people in the United States had the surname Barnhill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,153 Americans. It ranked 3,940th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Barnhill?

Ruby Barnhill, British actress, followed by Kelly Barnhill.

Where is the surname Barnhill most common?

Wikidata records people named Barnhill in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Barnhill getting more or less common?

More common. 8,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,040 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Barnhill

An English place surname, carried by 9,040 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B654

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barnhill is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English bearn (“barn”) + hyll (“hill”).

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

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 9,040 people named Barnhill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,153 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,926.

#3,940

rank among US surnames

9,040

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,658)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,936	Nunley	9,046	34,131
#3,937	Jonas	9,043	34,142
#3,939	Belton	9,041	34,149
#3,940	Barnhill	9,040	34,153

Who is named Barnhill

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

84% of people named Barnhill identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Barnhills

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ruby Barnhill
British actress, born 2004
Kelly Barnhill
American writer (b. 1973)
Norton Barnhill
American basketball player, 1953–2025
John Barnhill
American basketball player (1938–2013)

Notable Barnhills come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Barnhill

Barnwell

Barnhill has the Soundex code B654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B654.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Barnhill come from?: From Old English bearn (“barn”) + hyll (“hill”).
How common is the surname Barnhill?: 9,040 people in the United States had the surname Barnhill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,153 Americans. It ranked 3,940th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barnhill?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Barnhill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Barnhill?: Ruby Barnhill, British actress, followed by Kelly Barnhill.
Where is the surname Barnhill most common?: Wikidata records people named Barnhill in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Barnhill?: Barnhill is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Barnhill getting more or less common?: More common. 8,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,040 in 2010, up 1.3%.