How common is the surname Barret?

1,430 people in the United States had the surname Barret in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. It ranked 19,041st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Barret getting more or less common?

More common. 1,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,430 in 2010, up 13%.

Is Barret also a first name?

Yes. Barret is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Barret

A surname, carried by 1,430 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barret is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

Spelling variant of Barrett

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,430 people named Barret in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,268.

#19,041

rank among US surnames

1,430

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+12.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,672)

Who is named Barret

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

73% of people named Barret identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barret

Barret has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

Questions

Where does the surname Barret come from?: Spelling variant of Barrett
How common is the surname Barret?: 1,430 people in the United States had the surname Barret in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. It ranked 19,041st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barret?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Barret identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Barret getting more or less common?: More common. 1,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,430 in 2010, up 13%.
Is Barret also a first name?: Yes. Barret is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.