Barclay is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Barclay
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: A corruption of Berkley; a town in Gloucestershire, England derived from the Saxon beorce, a beech-tree and leagh or ley, a field and so-called because of the plenty of beech-trees growing there

How popular is Barclay?

Barclay is common in United States.

Barclay is ranked 10235 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Barclay bearers increased by 3.655914 per cent in 2010 US census to 11568 since 2000, the surname slipped by 150 spots and ranked at 3115. The last name was found in around 39 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.17 83.75
Black 14.18 12.03
Hispanic or Latino 2.72 1.98
Others 1.75 1.25
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.75 0.66
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.32
Barclay is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Liberia is ahead in terms of density. Around 52428 people have been found who wears Barclay as their family name. Barclay is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,005 Cayman Islands7
318,252 Ukraine6
475 Turks and Caicos Islands6
8,438 China5
3,224 Afghanistan3
4,915 Panama3
25,074 Greece3
7,619 Ecuador3
16,605 Austria3
14,078 Japan3
16,136 Kenya3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
40,064 Nigeria2
147,165 Czech Republic2
28,083 Romania2
2,401 Honduras2
5,298 Botswana2
19,093 Finland2
10,211 Bulgaria2
6,103 Cyprus2
162 Cook Islands2
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
8,268 Mauritius1
2,232 French Polynesia1
90,903 Moldova1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
3,993 El Salvador1
123,175 Tanzania1
25,721 Egypt1
24,771 Colombia1
2,190 Barbados1
10,190 Bahrain1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
9,498 Iceland1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
24,176 Qatar1
58,885 Poland1
2,724 New Caledonia1
5,872 Namibia1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
13,447 Uganda1
38,830 Morocco1
2,309 Monaco1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,790 Zambia1
16,283 Lithuania1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
4,942 Libya1
15,162 Costa Rica1
846 American Samoa1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
33,012 Belgium45
2,494 Thailand44
1,588 Luxembourg40
18,843 Chile36
469 Jersey33
36,533 Zimbabwe32
297 Bermuda31
9,620 Singapore30
17,489 Denmark30
344,912 India28
62,494 Netherlands22
28,338 Norway20
606 Guernsey18
759 Grenada13
442,509 Russia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,128 Ireland87
92,589 Brazil79
101,455 Indonesia78
78,184 Italy67
Countries with hundreds of Barclay:
508 Jamaica750
17,473 France551
22,254 Germany471
5,426 Peru456
11,329 Mexico393
1,201 Wales327
34,535 Philippines322
7,729 Ghana320
1,006 Northern Ireland310
752 Trinidad and Tobago280
682 Guyana204
1,263 Hong Kong202
33,601 Argentina149
3,381 Dominican Republic144
9,314 Switzerland126
23,639 Spain118
8,435 United Arab Emirates115
1,132 Suriname107
3,572 Kuwait104
9,090 Sweden102
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Barclay:
934 England8,136
65 Liberia8,033
160 Scotland4,161
825 Australia3,715
1,411 Canada3,656
2,822 South Africa2,301
428 New Zealand1,482
Countries with ten thousands of Barclay:
2,782 United States14,403
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Gardner/grower Lachn. Barclay from Great Britain aboard the Brooksby from Glasgow during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 50 years old when he arrived in USA on June 1, 1846. Margt. Barclay (46) , David Barclay (13), Alexr. Barclay (8), Louis Barclay, 3 years old Archd. Barclay, Spinster Jane Barclay, James Barclay (28) Workman, Farmer John Barclay, and 43 other Barclay around 45.83% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and seamstress, servant migrated to US from Glasgow, Liverpool and Dublin.

Barclay Namesakes

  • Aeon Barclay, Actor
  • Thomas Barclay, Missionary
  • Stephen Barclay, Politician
  • John Barclay, Writer
  • Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Former Minister of War
  • Eddie Barclay, Music Producer
  • Paris Barclay, Television Director
  • William Barclay, Author
  • Linwood Barclay, Author
  • Emily Barclay, Actress
  • In 2016 crime film, Southsides Most Wanted, Michael Barclay portrayed Mikey Biggs.
  • Danny Barclay characterized the central character of No. 1 - Tim Horton in 2012 drama and mystery film Travelling Salesman.

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