Barre is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Ireland, Germany, France. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Barre
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland, Ireland, Germany, France
Meaning:

Barre is the form of the Barr. 1. A parish and a hamlet in county of Stafford; also a parish in Ayrshire. 2. The gateway of a fortified town. 3. A pre Domesday name Bar, meaning probably either Anglo-Saxon bar, bear, or bár, boar-a sobriquet. De la Bare. Hundred Rolls.

Barre is the form of Bare. A township, county of Lancaster.

Barre is a variant form of Behr. One who lived at the sign of the bear; one with some characteristics of the bear; descendant of Bero, a pet form of names beginning with Bar meaning "bear," as Beroward, Beriwick and Berulf.

One who came from Barr meaning height, in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire; dweller at the top of the hill.

Barre is a variation of Bahr. Dweller at the sign of the bear; one thought to possess bearlike qualities. The bear was the king of beasts in the north of Europe.

Barre is variant of the Baer. Dweller at the sign of the bear; one thought to possess bearlike qualities. The bear was the king of beasts in the north of Europe.

Is form of the Barr. One who came from Barr meaning height, in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire; dweller at the top of the hill.

The variation of the Barrett. Baret, a personal name of Teutonic origin, is found here in Saxon times. In various forms it has always been very common in France and England.

How popular is Barre?

Barre is common in France, Somalia, India, Somaliland, Ecuador, Mali, Kenya, United States, Canada, Yemen, Djibouti, Egypt, Senegal, Germany, England, Morocco, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Sweden, Spain, Burkina Faso, Venezuela.

Barre is ranked 7891 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Barres grew by 30.4 per cent to 2205 since 2000 and ranked 13727 after elevating 2082 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 63.58 74.45
Black 26.89 17.86
Hispanic or Latino 4.13 3.49
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.63 0.83
Others 2.04 3.02
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.73 0.35
Barre is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Somaliland is ahead in terms of density. Around 72010 people have been found who wears Barre as their family name. Barre is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Barre:
291 France17,310
95 Somalia15,783
Countries with thousands of Barre:
5,287 India9,826
57 Somaliland8,959
536 Ecuador5,120
349 Mali3,162
1,818 Kenya3,066
15,342 United States2,435
4,344 Canada1,091
Countries with hundreds of Barre:
2,675 Yemen964
185 Djibouti499
15,336 Egypt427
712 Senegal386
25,098 Germany359
18,115 England264
25,171 Morocco239
58,364 Philippines205
22,057 Saudi Arabia199
17,873 Argentina197
5,074 Sweden148
18,998 Spain145
3,767 Burkina Faso127
6,711 Venezuela106
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,103 Belgium87
8,561 Niger69
15,556 Benin69
11,355 Norway63
6,481 Dominican Republic62
35,264 Netherlands58
20,089 Papua New Guinea56
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,418 Lebanon49
15,263 Ivory Coast49
158,567 Brazil32
10,866 Uruguay30
246,176 Indonesia25
289,518 Thailand24
64,589 Australia23
174,166 Nigeria22
3,514 New Caledonia21
20,939 Finland20
8,044 Taiwan20
30,429 Switzerland20
73,195 Cameroon17
119,139 South Africa16
15,763 Scotland15
106,343 Italy14
28,556 Denmark13
377,010 Russia11
26,155 Chile11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
43,480 Mexico10
2,378 Gabon9
123,710 Uganda6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Eugene Barre from France aboard the Mortimer Livingston from Havre. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in United States on September 15, 1855. Paul Barre, aged 30, Eugene Barre, aged 25, Farmer Joseph Barre, 23 years old Joseph Barre, 36 years old Carl Barre, Elisabeth Barre, aged 6, Heinrich Barre (4) Farmer, 36 years old Mathilde Barre, and 65 other Barre around 40.98% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and shoemaker, merchant, joiner, carpenter, engineer, clerk migrated to US from Liverpool, Havre and Bremen.

Barre Namesakes

  • William de la Barre, Austrian-born civil engineer
  • Jacques-Jean Barre, general engraver at the Monnaie de Paris between 1842 and 1855
  • Weston La Barre, American anthropologist, best known for his work
  • Michel de la Barre, French composer and renowned flautist known as being the first person to publish solo flute music
  • Jean-Auguste Barre, French sculptor and medalist
  • Siad Barre, Somali politician
  • Raymond Barre, French centre-right politician and economist
  • François-Jean de la Barre, young French nobleman
  • Martin Barre, net/interviews/barre
  • Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre, French lawyer and administrator best
  • Mohammed Sulaymon Barre, Somali refugee
  • Abdirahman Jama Barre, Somali politician

Barre Namesakes

  • William de la Barre, Austrian-born civil engineer
  • Jacques-Jean Barre, general engraver at the Monnaie de Paris between 1842 and 1855
  • Weston La Barre, American anthropologist, best known for his work
  • Michel de la Barre, French composer and renowned flautist known as being the first person to publish solo flute music
  • Jean-Auguste Barre, French sculptor and medalist
  • Siad Barre, Somali politician
  • Raymond Barre, French centre-right politician and economist
  • François-Jean de la Barre, young French nobleman
  • Martin Barre, net/interviews/barre
  • Antoine Lefèbvre de La Barre, French lawyer and administrator best
  • Mohammed Sulaymon Barre, Somali refugee
  • Abdirahman Jama Barre, Somali politician

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