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    The surname Barrette

    A French surname, carried by 2,969 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B630

    Barrette: #10,748 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Barrette #10,748, 2,969 people Barrette: #10,748 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barrette #10,748, 2,969 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barrette is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,969 people named Barrette in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,990 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,076.

    #10,748
    rank among US surnames
    2,969
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43%
    change since 2000 (was #13,451)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,739Arends2,972103,885
    #10,743Fifer2,971103,920
    #10,747Manos2,970103,955
    #10,748Hocking2,969103,990
    #10,751Caffey2,968104,025
    #10,755Moloney2,967104,060
    #10,756Bellard2,966104,095

    Who is named Barrette

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

    78% of people named Barrette identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barrette

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barrette come from?
    Barrette is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Barrette?
    2,969 people in the United States had the surname Barrette in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,990 Americans. It ranked 10,748th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barrette?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Barrette identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Barrette getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,076 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,969 in 2010, up 43%.