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    The surname Barrineau

    A French surname, carried by 1,037 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B650

    Barrineau: #24,214 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Barrineau #24,214, 1,037 people Barrineau: #24,214 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Barrineau #24,214, 1,037 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barrineau is more common than 85.1% 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 1,037 people named Barrineau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 297,730 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 926.

    #24,214
    rank among US surnames
    1,037
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12%
    change since 2000 (was #25,123)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #24,214Ansel1,037297,730
    #24,222Hallgren1,036298,017

    Who is named Barrineau

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

    95% of people named Barrineau identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barrineau

    Barrineau has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barrineau come from?
    Barrineau is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Barrineau?
    1,037 people in the United States had the surname Barrineau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 297,730 Americans. It ranked 24,214th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barrineau?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Barrineau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Barrineau getting more or less common?
    More common. 926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,037 in 2010, up 12%.