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    The surname Barnwell

    A surname, carried by 4,781 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B654

    Barnwell: #7,006 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Barnwell #7,006, 4,781 people Barnwell: #7,006 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barnwell #7,006, 4,781 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barnwell is more common than 95.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,781 people named Barnwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,578 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,607.

    #7,006
    rank among US surnames
    4,781
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #6,744)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,001Fulk4,78564,524
    #7,004Southworth4,78364,551
    #7,005Sheehy4,78264,564
    #7,006Gwin4,78164,578
    #7,008Malek4,78064,591

    Who is named Barnwell

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

    61% of people named Barnwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Barnwells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Woodward Barnwell
      American politician (1801-1882)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barnwell

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Barnwell?
    4,781 people in the United States had the surname Barnwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,578 Americans. It ranked 7,006th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barnwell?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Barnwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Barnwell?
    Robert Woodward Barnwell, American politician (1801-1882).
    Where is the surname Barnwell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Barnwell in the United States.
    Is the surname Barnwell getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,781 in 2010, up 3.8%.