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    The surname Barringer

    A German surname, carried by 6,964 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B652

    Barringer: #5,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Barringer #5,037, 6,964 people Barringer: #5,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barringer #5,037, 6,964 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barringer is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanized spelling of German Behringer.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,964 people named Barringer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,335 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,634.

    #5,037
    rank among US surnames
    6,964
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #4,854)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,029Heffner6,98044,233
    #5,031Barcenas6,97944,239
    #5,032Smithson6,97844,246
    #5,033Musick6,97244,284
    #5,034Bastian6,96744,315
    #5,035Qureshi6,96644,322
    #5,036Monteiro6,96544,328

    Who is named Barringer

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

    86% of people named Barringer identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Barringers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Daniel Barringer
      American geologist (1860–1929)
    • Emily Barringer
      American ambulance surgeon (1876–1961)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Barriger

    Surnames that sound like Barringer

    Barringer has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barringer come from?
    Americanized spelling of German Behringer.
    How common is the surname Barringer?
    6,964 people in the United States had the surname Barringer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,335 Americans. It ranked 5,037th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barringer?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Barringer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Barringer?
    Daniel Barringer, American geologist (1860–1929), followed by Emily Barringer.
    Where is the surname Barringer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Barringer in the United States.
    Is the surname Barringer getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,634 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,964 in 2010, up 5.0%.
    What are other spellings of Barringer?
    Barriger.