Barrat Surname
Approximately 3,492 people bear this surname
Barrat Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Berold,' the French Berraud. This great surname appears as a personal name in Domesday: Baret, Yorkshire.
Stephanus fil. Beroldi, Pipe Roll, 5 Henry II.
Berard de Wattlesfeld, Suffolk, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameBarrat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2,684 | 1:24,748 | 2,950 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| United States | 115 | 1:3,151,817 | 182,069 |
| England | 112 | 1:497,483 | 31,781 |
| Philippines | 91 | 1:1,112,508 | 90,748 |
| Australia | 72 | 1:374,940 | 30,993 |
| Switzerland | 59 | 1:139,202 | 13,535 |
| Guyana | 51 | 1:14,946 | 2,019 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,578 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 185 | 1:131,759 | 12,175 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 85 | 1:590,808 | 39,807 |
Barrat (123) may also be a first name.
Barrat Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Berold,' the French Berraud. This great surname appears as a personal name in Domesday: Baret, Yorkshire.
Stephanus fil. Beroldi, Pipe Roll, 5 Henry II.
Berard de Wattlesfeld, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Robert Berard, Bedfordshire, ibid.
Agnes Barat, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Harvey Baret, Norfolk, ibid.
John Baret, Lincolnshire, ibid.
1575- Edward Barret, Devon, Register of the University of Oxford.
(French-Teut.) 1 theTeut. name-stem Ber- = Bear + the French diminutive suffs. -at, -et. Or Beraht-, also found as Bercht- Berat-, &c. = Bright. [O.H. Ger. beraht] Agnes Barat.—Hundred Rolls John Baret.— do.
2 for the French Barraud, Barrault, Teutonic Berwald, Berwalt = Bear-Might. [O.H. Ger. hero-Old Saxon *bero-Old English bera, bear + O.H. Ger. gi)walt = Old Saxon gi)wald = Old English ge)w(e)ald, might, power] (French) 1 belonging to Barret (France) = a Barrier, Gateway. [O.Fr, bar(r)et-barre + the diminutive suff. -et] 2 There has prob. been some confusion with the Old French barat, ‘fraud,’ ‘deceit’ (whence Middle English barat, baret), apparently of Celtic orig. This is the only meaning mistakenly given to the Norm. surname Barat by Moisy (Noms de Fam. Norm., p. 9). In the Norm. dialect of Guernsey barat still = ‘fraud,’ ‘defrauder,' ‘smuggler’: v. Métivier, Dict. Franco-Norm.
&c. Baret, a personal name of Teutonic origin, is found here in Saxon times. See Domesd. In various forms it has always been very common in France and England.
Barrat Demographics
Average Barrat Salary in
United States
$49,312 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Barrat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barrat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Barrat is most common in France. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Barrat? popularity and diffusion
Barrat is the 129,623rd most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,086,926 people. The last name Barrat occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Barrat reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 840,349th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 123 people.
This surname is most numerous in France, where it is held by 2,684 people, or 1 in 24,748. In France Barrat is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 19 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 18 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account France Barrat is found in 39 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Barrat Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Barrat has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 135 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 39 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Barrat Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Barrat last name are 28.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 81.25% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Barrat earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 21% less than the national average, earning R 187,728 per year; in United States they earn 14.28% more than the national average, earning $49,312 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.59% more than the national average, earning $59,416 CAD per year.
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