How common is the surname Barstow?

1,938 people in the United States had the surname Barstow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. It ranked 15,201st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Barstow?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Barstow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Barstow?

Susie M. Barstow, American painter of the Hudson River School (1836 - 1923), followed by John L. Barstow.

Where is the surname Barstow most common?

Wikidata records people named Barstow in the United States.

Is the surname Barstow getting more or less common?

More common. 1,877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,938 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Barstow

An English surname, carried by 1,938 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barstow is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English Bayrestowe, derived from Old English beġer (“berry”) + stōw (“place, location”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,938 people named Barstow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,877.

#15,201

rank among US surnames

1,938

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,559)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,194	Herzberg	1,939	159,229
#15,201	Munk	1,938	159,311
#15,210	Schnur	1,937	159,394

Who is named Barstow

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

93% of people named Barstow identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Barstows

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Susie M. Barstow
American painter of the Hudson River School (1836 - 1923)
John L. Barstow
American politician (1832-1913)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bairstow
Baistow
Bastow

Surnames that sound like Barstow

Barstow has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Barstow come from?: From Middle English Bayrestowe, derived from Old English beġer (“berry”) + stōw (“place, location”).
How common is the surname Barstow?: 1,938 people in the United States had the surname Barstow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,311 Americans. It ranked 15,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barstow?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Barstow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Barstow?: Susie M. Barstow, American painter of the Hudson River School (1836 - 1923), followed by John L. Barstow.
Where is the surname Barstow most common?: Wikidata records people named Barstow in the United States.
Is the surname Barstow getting more or less common?: More common. 1,877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,938 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Barstow?: Bairstow, Baistow and Bastow.