Barstow is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic, Welsh and Irish. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Barstow
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Gaelic, Welsh and Irish
Meaning: Barstow have multiple origins credited to it. Barr, the top of a hill and stow, a place or depository. In Gaelic, Cornish-British and Welsh Bar means the top of anything or summit. The Gaelic or Irish aran and barr, signify bread, a crop of grain. Welsh, bar, bread, an ear of corn. Saxon bar and bere, corn, barley thereby Barstow, a place where grain is stored

How popular is Barstow?

Barstow is common in United States.

Barstow is ranked 117714 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Barstow bearers increased by 3.249867 per cent in 2010 US census to 1938 since 2000, the surname slipped by 642 spots and ranked at 15201. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.67 95.36
Hispanic or Latino 2.79 1.76
Others 2.27 1.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.93 0.69
Barstow is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in England. Around 3422 people have been found who wears Barstow as their family name. Barstow is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
34,681 Norway2
53,033 Nigeria1
897,276 Russia1
151,601 Spain1
18,969 Wales1
7,292 Vietnam1
277,603 France1
42,479 Greece1
38,830 Morocco1
66,560 Philippines1
4,171 Rwanda1
36,678 Singapore1
2,613 The Bahamas1
34,581 Chile1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,867 Canada50
18,457 Scotland20
22,809 New Zealand19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
26,972 Australia87
Countries with hundreds of Barstow:
9,933 England645
Countries with thousands of Barstow:
13,751 United States2,492
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Cornelius Barstow worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 26 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Mary Hale and arrived on June 24, 1850. Mary Barstow, aged 30, Infant Chas. Barstow, Nancy Barstow, aged 56, Sarah Barstow, aged 20, Nancy Barstow (19) Milliner, Maid Betty Barstow, are others that migrated to US.

Barstow Namesakes

  • Josephine Barstow, Soprano
  • Josephine Barstow, Soprano
  • Gamaliel H. Barstow, Former New York State Senator
  • Josephine Barstow, Soprano
  • Josephine Barstow, Soprano
  • Josephine Barstow, Soprano
  • Robbins Barstow, Film director
  • Stan Barstow, Novelist
  • Josephine Barstow, Soprano

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