# Barr (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/barr/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English and Scottish surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 44,130 |
| US rank (2010) | 781 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,996 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (42,432 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɑɹ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from barr (“height, hill, tip”). As an English surname, from bar.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barr in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barr in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Barr

- Roseanne Barr, American actress and comedian (born 1952)
- William Barr, 77th & 85th United States Attorney General (born 1950)
- Bob Barr, American attorney and politician (born 1948)
- Matt Barr, American actor
- Candy Barr, American pornographic actress, stripper (1935-2005)
- Nevada Barr, American novelist
- Al Barr, American singer
- Nathan Barr, American musician
- Joseph W. Barr, American politician (1918-1996)
- Alfred H. Barr, American art historian and museum director (1902–1981)
- Douglas Barr, American actor
- Julia Barr, American actress

and 13 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Bauer, Barry, Barrow, Baer, Burr, Bair, Bear, Bahr, Bare, Baier, Barrie, Baur.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.