# Barrell (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 632 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,582 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 488,521 people |
| Change since 2000 | -11.2% (712 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Metonymic occupational surname for a cooper or a nickname for an obese man or an immoderate drinker, from Old French baril (“barrel”). * Habitational surname from Barwell, in Leicestershire, from Old English bār (“boar”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barrell 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barrell in Australia.

## People named Barrell

- Susan Lesley Barrell, British-Australian meteorologist

## Similar surnames

Barlow, Burrell, Barela, Barley, Borrelli, Borelli, Baril, Burrill, Barile, Burwell, Brill, Burley.

## 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.