Barnes Surname
Approximately 418,574 people bear this surname
Barnes Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the barn,' from residence thereby, (a) Nick, 'the bairn'; Middle English Same, a child; compare Child and Childs. If local, Barnes takes a patronymic s like other monosyllabic local surnames; compare Styles, Brooks, Sykes, &c.
Read More About This SurnameBarnes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 280,491 | 1:1,292 | 89 |
| England | 61,288 | 1:909 | 87 |
| Australia | 26,001 | 1:1,038 | 98 |
| Canada | 13,622 | 1:2,705 | 335 |
| South Africa | 8,208 | 1:6,601 | 849 |
| Jamaica | 4,643 | 1:618 | 111 |
| New Zealand | 3,203 | 1:1,414 | 161 |
| Scotland | 2,215 | 1:2,417 | 447 |
| Israel | 2,194 | 1:3,900 | 547 |
| Wales | 2,131 | 1:1,452 | 136 |
| Spain | 1,751 | 1:26,700 | 2,759 |
| Ireland | 1,398 | 1:3,368 | 604 |
| Philippines | 1,362 | 1:74,331 | 12,842 |
| Argentina | 1,282 | 1:33,341 | 2,780 |
| Thailand | 964 | 1:73,276 | 9,617 |
| Northern Ireland | 871 | 1:2,118 | 439 |
| France | 631 | 1:105,266 | 15,558 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 369 | 1:269 | 40 |
| Germany | 360 | 1:223,626 | 25,044 |
| India | 359 | 1:2,136,672 | 71,805 |
| Vanuatu | 354 | 1:744 | 168 |
| Liberia | 279 | 1:15,801 | 1,648 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Brazil | 243 | 1:880,964 | 31,711 |
| Panama | 227 | 1:17,235 | 1,223 |
| Cayman Islands | 221 | 1:289 | 47 |
| Bahrain | 191 | 1:7,061 | 1,301 |
| Guyana | 187 | 1:4,076 | 729 |
| Ghana | 177 | 1:152,659 | 11,372 |
| Netherlands | 176 | 1:95,950 | 15,676 |
| Indonesia | 170 | 1:777,936 | 59,310 |
| Barbados | 148 | 1:1,942 | 364 |
| Singapore | 141 | 1:39,062 | 1,450 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 117 | 1:11,658 | 1,590 |
| Mexico | 115 | 1:1,079,358 | 13,690 |
| Zimbabwe | 101 | 1:152,854 | 19,365 |
| Japan | 98 | 1:1,304,534 | 22,820 |
| Switzerland | 86 | 1:95,499 | 10,341 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | 1:122,740 | 5,063 |
| Jersey | 85 | 1:1,167 | 157 |
| Sweden | 82 | 1:120,082 | 8,566 |
| Guernsey | 81 | 1:796 | 128 |
| Denmark | 75 | 1:75,263 | 7,389 |
| Belgium | 66 | 1:174,192 | 23,583 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Luxembourg | 62 | 1:9,364 | 1,516 |
| Russia | 61 | 1:2,362,673 | 139,353 |
| Italy | 58 | 1:1,054,426 | 71,176 |
| Isle of Man | 51 | 1:1,683 | 305 |
| Malaysia | 51 | 1:578,318 | 28,229 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 51 | 1:189 | 27 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 51 | 1:2,164 | 377 |
| Ecuador | 46 | 1:345,779 | 9,453 |
| Guam | 45 | 1:3,558 | 455 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Costa Rica | 44 | 1:108,638 | 1,781 |
| Colombia | 42 | 1:1,137,478 | 9,713 |
| Chile | 39 | 1:451,704 | 11,842 |
| Gibraltar | 35 | 1:970 | 205 |
| Hong Kong | 34 | 1:215,750 | 3,004 |
| Norway | 32 | 1:160,696 | 19,635 |
| British Virgin Islands | 30 | 1:1,053 | 167 |
| China | 30 | 1:45,577,386 | 2,472 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Finland | 28 | 1:196,311 | 16,703 |
| United Arab Emirates | 27 | 1:339,343 | 22,790 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Puerto Rico | 24 | 1:147,922 | 1,914 |
| Czechia | 20 | 1:531,673 | 54,411 |
| Greece | 19 | 1:583,147 | 70,237 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 | 1:3,247 | 437 |
| Bermuda | 15 | 1:4,352 | 690 |
| Peru | 13 | 1:2,444,933 | 27,186 |
| South Korea | 13 | 1:3,941,558 | 724 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Cuba | 12 | 1:960,226 | 6,464 |
| Sudan | 11 | 1:3,410,018 | 5,790 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 8 | 1:6,822 | 652 |
| Oman | 8 | 1:460,996 | 5,668 |
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 1:2,601,070 | 12,081 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Montserrat | 7 | 1:707 | 123 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Falkland Islands | 6 | 1:522 | 125 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Mozambique | 3 | 1:9,087,190 | 7,315 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Laos | 2 | 1:3,294,162 | 1,900 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 1:17,164 | 627 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 836 | 1:5,299 | 886 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35,200 | 1:692 | 68 |
| Scotland | 472 | 1:7,931 | 1,090 |
| Wales | 420 | 1:3,734 | 255 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:1,126 | 198 |
| Jersey | 25 | 1:2,075 | 348 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:9,045 | 877 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47,249 | 1:1,063 | 83 |
The alternate forms: Barnés (39), Barnès (4) & Barneş (1) are calculated separately.
Barnes (1,927) may also be a first name.
Barnes Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the barn,' from residence thereby, (a) Nick, 'the bairn'; Middle English Same, a child; compare Child and Childs. If local, Barnes takes a patronymic s like other monosyllabic local surnames; compare Styles, Brooks, Sykes, &c.
Henry de le Berne, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard de la Berne, Kent, ibid.
William de la Berne, Dorset, ibid.
John atte Bern, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Henry atte Bern, Somerset, i Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
William le Barne, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Walter le Barne, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Ricardus le Barne et uxor, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas le Barne. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.
From Barnes in the parish of Premnay, Aberdeenshire. Robert of Bernis was a goldsmith in 1465 (Laing, 154), John Barnis witnessed an instrument of sasine in 1496 (Bamff, p. 37), and Alexander Barnis was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1524 (NSCM., I, p. 48). Thomas Barnys was notary public in 1536 (Laing, 404), William Barnis granted the chaplainry of the Three Kings of Culane (Cologne) in Dundee, 1588 (REB., II, 362). Alexander Bairins was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1575 (RSCA., I, p. 220), Gilbert Bairnis was 'sacristar' there, 1595 (CRA., p. 117), and Mathew Bairnis was admitted burgess of the burgh, 1616 (NSCM., I, p. 117). Euphemia Barns is recorded in Dundee, 1621 (Brechin), and John Barns, skinner in Haddington, was charged with defying the town authorities in 1628 (RPC., 2. ser. II, p. 593). James Barnes was merchant burgess of Edinburgh, 1649 (Inquis., 3257), Jean Bams daughter of deceased William Bams of Belweddocke, 1656 (DPD., II, p. 208), Robert Barnes of Kirkhill, Ayrshire, in record, 1668 (Corsehill, p. 81), John Barns or Barnes was provost of Glasgow, 1687 (RPC., 3. ser. XIII, p. 146,147), and David Barns was feuar and gardener in Duns, 1766 (Lauder).
1 pl. (local) and genit. (pers.) of Barn(e, q.v. Barnes in Surrey occurs as Barne in Domesday Book.
Biholde ye the foulis of the eir, for thei sowen not, nether repen, nether gaderen [gather] in to bernes.— Wiclif (1380), Math. vi. 26.
Beholde the foules of the ayer, for they sowe not, nether reepe, nor yet cary in to the barnes.— Tyndale (1534) do.
2 a corruption form of Berners, q.v.
This English name is used as a synonym of Barron, q.v
(English, Scottish) Dweller near the barn, or grain storage building; the bairn or child, often a young person of a prominent family; descendant of Beorn (nobleman); one who came from Barnes in Surrey and Aberdeenshire; (descendant of Barn, a pet form of Barnabas (son of prophecy).
1. The same as Berners. Dame Juliana Berners, the author of the well-known treatise on sporting and heraldry called the Boke of St. Albans, wrote herself Berns and Barnes. 2. From residence near a barn; say a monastic or manorial barn. Atte Berne is the XIV. cent. orthography. 3. Barnes, a parish in co. Surrey. See however Barn.
A distinguished family of Sotterly, Co. Suffolk, England. Bearn, local, a city in France. Barnyz, Cornish-British, a judge.
Armorially identified as a form of Berners, from Bernieres, near Falaise. Hugo de Bernieres had estates in Essex and Middlesex, 1086 (Domesd.). In 1165 Ralph de Bernieres held six knights’ fees, and Richard de B. seven. The Barons Berners descended from this family.
A location name in Surrey.
Barnes. —An ancient name of pre - Domesday times. Its wide area of distribution includes two principal homes; one in the south of England in the contiguous counties of Dorset, Hants, and Wilts, the other in the north of England in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire.
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Barnés, as well as Barné, are Catalan surnames coming from a Germanic first name, Berinher.
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Barnes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barnes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Barnes (Arabic: بارنز, Hindi: ब्रान्र्स, Marathi: बारनेस, Russian: Барнес) is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Barnés, Barnès or Barneş. Click here to see other potential spellings of Barnes.
How Common Is The Last Name Barnes? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,277th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 17,410 people. The surname Barnes occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Barnes reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Barnes is also the 172,896th most widely held given name globally, held by 1,927 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 280,491 people, or 1 in 1,292. In The United States Barnes is most prevalent in: Texas, where 8 percent live, Georgia, where 7 percent live and North Carolina, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 157 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.
Barnes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Barnes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Barnes last name rose 594 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 174 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 469 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 507 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 167 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Barnes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (44%) in Ireland.
In The United States Barnes are 10.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.15% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Barnes earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.75% less than the national average, earning 291,579 kr per year; in Peru they earn 57.77% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,186 per year; in South Africa they earn 46.57% more than the national average, earning R 348,312 per year; in Colombia they earn 46.93% less than the national average, earning $12,047,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.53% less than the national average, earning $41,194 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.58% more than the national average, earning $50,965 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barnes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barnes in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्रान्र्स | branrsa | 66.67 |
| र्बान्स | rbansa | 33.33 |
| Barnes in the Marathi language | ||
| बारनेस | baranesa | 25.56 |
| बानस | banasa | 22.22 |
| बानर्स | banarsa | 12.22 |
| बान्स | bansa | 11.11 |
| बरनेस | baranesa | 6.67 |
| बनस | banasa | 6.67 |
| बारनस | baranasa | 3.33 |
| बारिनस | barinasa | 3.33 |
| बनर्स | banarsa | 3.33 |
| बारबे | barabe | 2.22 |
| बारन्स | baransa | 1.11 |
| बांस | bansa | 1.11 |
| बॉनर्स | bonarsa | 1.11 |
| Barnes in the Russian language | ||
| Барнес | barnes | - |
| Barnes in the Arabic language | ||
| بارنز | barnz | - |
| بارنس | barns | - |
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