Barbour is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Barbour
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Barbour

How popular is Barbour?

Barbour is common in United States.

Barbour is ranked 17091 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Barbour bearers increased by 1.853679 per cent in 2010 US census to 14451 since 2000, the surname slipped by 166 spots and ranked at 2504. The last name was found in around 49 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.65 75.23
Black 21.93 20.64
Others 2.28 1.8
Hispanic or Latino 2.24 1.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.38
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.42 0.42
Barbour is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is ahead in terms of density. Around 30707 people have been found who wears Barbour as their family name. Barbour is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,113 Costa Rica5
46,068 Philippines3
14,126 Colombia3
7,993 Jordan3
14,193 Egypt3
11,290 Guyana3
54,641 Sweden2
89,020 Tanzania2
10,858 Tunisia2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
10,284 Kuwait2
9,185 Hong Kong2
34,572 Israel2
26,123 Malaysia2
124,220 Italy2
28,232 Morocco2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
40,064 Nigeria2
23,344 Austria2
18,625 Japan2
4,231 Jamaica2
11,510 Oman1
897,276 Russia1
19,810 Croatia1
2,715 Gabon1
120,357 Argentina1
846 American Samoa1
4,171 Rwanda1
3,071 Jersey1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
7,895 South Korea1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
81,201 Switzerland1
2,613 The Bahamas1
53,505 Turkey1
492,292 Ukraine1
28,365 Kenya1
19,533 Uruguay1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,662 Belgium30
62,267 Spain27
40,883 Zimbabwe27
23,914 Denmark20
5,663 Thailand18
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
104,308 France86
3,256 Qatar78
2,460 Trinidad and Tobago63
6,104 Wales56
1,892 Cyprus52
Countries with hundreds of Barbour:
985 Lebanon774
29,119 Brazil413
928 Northern Ireland346
11,767 Saudi Arabia269
2,902 New Zealand263
2,693 Ireland158
21,011 Mexico157
13,267 Greece147
7,063 United Arab Emirates138
71,225 Germany134
180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines118
Countries with thousands of Barbour:
1,504 Syria2,352
3,316 England2,318
3,117 Canada1,519
578 Scotland1,464
2,772 Australia1,116
6,137 South Africa1,059
Countries with ten thousands of Barbour:
2,328 United States17,323
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Barbour was 27 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on February 15, 1848 with Workman Joseph Barbour. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took Hottinguer from Liverpool.

Barbour Namesakes

  • Aloise Barbour Epperson, Author
  • Aloise Barbour Epperson, Author
  • Philip Pendleton Barbour, Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
  • Antwain Barbour, Basketball Player
  • Frank Barbour, Football player
  • John Barbour, Poet
  • Haley Barbour, Former Governor of Mississippi
  • Kandi Barbour, Model
  • James Barbour, Singer
  • Keith Barbour, Singer-songwriter
  • Ann Barbour, from 2011 horror, thriller flick One Hour to Die, who played the Toni.

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