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The BARROW surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 15,277 2184 0.006 57
United States (1880 census) 3,348 1830 0.007 67
Change since 1880 +11929 -354 -0.001 -10
Other Countries
Australia 1,057 1562 0.006 65
United Kingdom 7,235 858 0.016 158
Top States for BARROW by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 1,808 1320 0.009 87
Florida 1,429 1385 0.009 89
North Carolina 1,124 1021 0.014 140
California 1,056 2840 0.003 31
Georgia 914 1120 0.011 112
Top States for BARROW by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Louisiana 754 821 0.017 169
North Carolina 1,124 1021 0.014 140
Alabama 549 1275 0.012 123
Georgia 914 1120 0.011 112
Florida 1,429 1385 0.009 89

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

Classification and Origin of BARROW

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BARROW 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 BARROW 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 BARROW in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 399 2.61
Mixed Race 270 1.77
Native American/Alaskan 86 0.56
Asian/Pacific 53 0.35
White (Caucasian) 10,712 70.12
Black/African American 3,758 24.6

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

Meaning of BARROW in historical publications

(origin: Local) A circular earthen mound, marking the place of interment of some noted person; also a place of defense. The name of a river in Ireland.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to BARROW

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BARROW.

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 BARROW

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