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    The surname Barrus

    A surname, carried by 1,642 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

    Barrus: #17,249 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Barrus #17,249, 1,642 people Barrus: #17,249 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barrus #17,249, 1,642 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barrus is more common than 89.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,642 people named Barrus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,328.

    #17,249
    rank among US surnames
    1,642
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,982)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,249Makela1,642188,030
    #17,258Elders1,641188,145

    Who is named Barrus

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

    91% of people named Barrus identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • 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 Barrus

    Barrus 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 Barrus?
    1,642 people in the United States had the surname Barrus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. It ranked 17,249th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barrus?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Barrus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Barrus getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,328 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,642 in 2010, up 24%.