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    The surname Barrs

    A surname, carried by 1,486 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B620

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barrs is more common than 88.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,486 people named Barrs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,535.

    #18,561
    rank among US surnames
    1,486
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,059)

    Who is named Barrs

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

    78% of people named Barrs identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barrs

    Barrs has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Barrs?
    1,486 people in the United States had the surname Barrs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. It ranked 18,561st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barrs?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Barrs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Barrs getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,486 in 2010, down 3.2%.