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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

'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.

Meaning of BARBARA in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of BARBARA.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for BARBARA

The following words are slight variants of BARBARA that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.