Where Does The Last Name Barbig Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Barbig is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Bärbig. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Barbig? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 4,116,508^th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Barbig live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,833,593. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 62 percent live, Saarland, where 19 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent live. Outside of Germany it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Barbig Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Barbig has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.