The BARBARA surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	2,790	10548	0.001	10
United States (1880 census)	145	24300	0	3
Change since 1880	+2645	+13752	+N/A	+7
Other Countries
Australia	475	3364	0.003	29
United Kingdom	0			0

Top States for BARBARA by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	450	3865	0.002	24
California	323	7552	0.001	10
Florida	278	6329	0.002	17
New Jersey	236	3665	0.003	28
Texas	114	12815	0.001	5
Top States for BARBARA by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Jersey	236	3665	0.003	28
New York	450	3865	0.002	24
Connecticut	71	5787	0.002	21
Louisiana	91	5106	0.002	20
Florida	278	6329	0.002	17

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BARBARA live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BARBARA represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BARBARA in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BARBARA by picking someone at random in New Jersey than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BARBARA

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BARBARA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BARBARA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BARBARA in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	345	12.37
Black/African American	216	7.74
Mixed Race	54	1.94
Asian/Pacific	22	0.79
Native American/Alaskan	7	0.25
White (Caucasian)	2,146	76.92

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BARBARA surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to BARBARA

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BARBARA.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.