Barlow Surname

6,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84,616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Barlow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Barlow,' near Manchester. The Lancashire Barlows spring from Barlow Hale and Barlow Moor, near Manchester. The name has ramified in an extraordinary manner. Barlow is also a parish in Derbyshire, near Chesterfield, but nearly all our Barlows trace back to the neighbourhood of Manchester.

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Barlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41,8481:8,6611,045
England24,1941:2,303292
Australia7,6431:3,532499
Canada3,3451:11,0151,648
South Africa2,1101:25,6773,279
New Zealand1,7091:2,650376
Wales9441:3,278354
Scotland8021:6,6761,040
Ireland2521:18,6861,986
Northern Ireland1891:9,7621,559
France1691:393,03457,995
Spain1211:386,38021,365
Thailand1151:614,246104,344
India1041:7,375,629160,209
Guyana861:8,8631,398
Isle of Man821:1,047161
Philippines661:1,533,912105,821
Germany621:1,298,47582,291
Brazil471:4,554,773120,089
Chile471:374,81910,292
Belgium381:302,54335,124
Uganda371:1,055,11644,846
Jersey361:2,756488
Denmark341:166,02114,242
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Malaysia301:983,14144,226
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Jamaica201:143,4975,007
Greece181:615,54471,673
Malta181:23,9041,289
Ecuador171:935,63814,108
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Austria151:567,69652,281
Cayman Islands141:4,564572
Finland141:392,62226,475
China131:105,178,5825,529
Hong Kong131:564,2683,428
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Trinidad and Tobago121:113,6657,200
Norway111:467,48139,375
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Japan81:15,980,53747,042
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Bangladesh61:26,559,46217,284
Falkland Islands61:522125
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Ghana31:9,006,89723,626
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tonga11:107,313791
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3491:12,6931,708
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England15,9241:1,531189
Wales1691:9,281569
Scotland1291:29,0172,526
Isle of Man111:4,934490
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,5511:6,651834

Barlow (465) may also be a first name.

Barlow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Barlow,' near Manchester. The Lancashire Barlows spring from Barlow Hale and Barlow Moor, near Manchester. The name has ramified in an extraordinary manner. Barlow is also a parish in Derbyshire, near Chesterfield, but nearly all our Barlows trace back to the neighbourhood of Manchester. The Barlows of Barlow Hale (whence William Barlow, bishop of Lincoln, born about 1550) were seated there so early as 20 Ric. II. The first entry below probably represents Barlow, a chapelry in the parish of Brayton, West Riding Yorkshire.

Johannes de Berlowe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1584. Henry Barlow, Derbyshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1583. George Barlow, of Manchester, baker: Wills at Chester.

1304. Ottiwell Barlow, of Heaton Norris: ibid.

1620. Sir Alex. Barlow, of Barlow: ibid.

1656. Married — John Barlow and Mary Tolley: St. Dionis Backchurch.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Barlow = 1 the Bare Hill. [Old English bær + hlœw] 2 Bera’s Tumulus. [Anglo-Saxon *Beran- hlœw-Beran-, genit. of Bera = bear] 3 the Boar-Hill. [Old English bár + hlœw] Roger de Barlowe, A.D. 1336.— Lanc. Fines.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name near Manchester.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) One who came from Barlow (barley hill or clearing), the name of places in Derbyshire and Lancashire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Townships in cos. York and Derby.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Derbyshire, Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Lancashire Barlows included an ancient knightly family of Barlow Hall, near Manchester, in the 16th and 17th centuries, and carried their pedigree back to the reign of Edward I.; the Bishop of Lincoln in the year 1610 belonged to this family (B.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Barlow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Barlow Come From? nationality or country of origin

Barlow (Arabic: بارلو, Hindi: बार्लो, Marathi: बारलु, Oriya: ବାରେଲା) is found most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Barlow? popularity and diffusion

Barlow is the 6,680th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 86,125 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Barlow live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America. Barlow is also the 395,119th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 465 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 41,848 people, or 1 in 8,661. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 8 percent are found, Texas, where 7 percent are found and Georgia, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States it occurs in 104 countries. It is also found in England, where 29 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Barlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Barlow has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 554 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 152 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 559 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 622 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 28 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Barlow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Barlow surname is chiefly Catholic (72%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Barlow last name are 14.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.68% being registered with the party.

The amount Barlow earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.03% more than the national average, earning 384,241 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 83.03% more than the national average, earning R 434,952 per year; in United States they earn 0.81% less than the national average, earning $42,800 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.36% more than the national average, earning $50,855 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barlowe92728/
Barrlow924/
Barllow923/
Barloww921/
Bearlow921/
Baerlow921/
Bharlow921/
Basrlow920/
Bharlowa861/
Barlov83492/
Berlow83304/
Barlaw8388/
Borlow8314/
Barlof833/
Barlowová801/
Barlova7748/
Barloub7710/
Barlyov776/
Barlaws771/
Borleow770/
Barillov711/
Bearlova710/
Berlov67871/
Varlov67119/
Borlov6767/
Berlof6712/
Vorlow679/
Barillova679/
Barlav672/
Barłów671/
Baharloob671/
Barlaf671/
Borlaw671/
Berlaw670/

Barlow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Barlow in the Oriya language
ବାରେଲାbarela-
Barlow in the Marathi language
बारलुbaralu69.23
बारलूbaralu15.38
बारलोbaralo15.38
Barlow in the Hindi language
बार्लोbarlo50
बारलोbaralo33.33
वार्लोvarlo16.67
Barlow in the Arabic language
بارلوbarlw-

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Barlow Reference & Research

Ainsworth Barlows - The history of the Barlow family of Ainsworth, Lancashire.

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