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    The surname Barrier

    A French surname, carried by 3,002 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B660

    Barrier: #10,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Barrier #10,657, 3,002 people Barrier: #10,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barrier #10,657, 3,002 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barrier 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 3,002 people named Barrier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,847 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,700.

    #10,657
    rank among US surnames
    3,002
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,837)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,649Weyer3,004102,778
    #10,653Anchondo3,003102,812
    #10,657Holz3,002102,847
    #10,662Bogdan3,001102,881
    #10,663Nee3,000102,915

    Who is named Barrier

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

    88% of people named Barrier identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • 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 Barrier

    Barrier has the Soundex code B660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B660.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barrier come from?
    Barrier is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Barrier?
    3,002 people in the United States had the surname Barrier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,847 Americans. It ranked 10,657th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barrier?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Barrier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Barrier getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,002 in 2010, up 11%.