Barratt Surname
Approximately 17,755 people bear this surname
Barratt 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 SurnameBarratt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10,160 | 1:5,484 | 777 |
| Australia | 2,680 | 1:10,073 | 1,498 |
| United States | 2,012 | 1:180,149 | 18,011 |
| Canada | 638 | 1:57,752 | 6,819 |
| South Africa | 445 | 1:121,748 | 14,417 |
| Wales | 405 | 1:7,641 | 847 |
| New Zealand | 389 | 1:11,641 | 2,019 |
| Scotland | 209 | 1:25,616 | 2,793 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Northern Ireland | 76 | 1:24,277 | 2,748 |
| Guyana | 52 | 1:14,658 | 1,995 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 38 | 1:35,894 | 3,529 |
| Spain | 33 | 1:1,416,728 | 44,772 |
| Denmark | 28 | 1:201,597 | 16,538 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Israel | 26 | 1:329,140 | 27,831 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Gibraltar | 22 | 1:1,543 | 353 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 32 | 1:138,433 | 7,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5,957 | 1:4,092 | 597 |
| Wales | 104 | 1:15,081 | 894 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:178,248 | 6,976 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 411 | 1:122,187 | 11,874 |
Barratt (89) may also be a first name.
Barratt 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.
The same as Barrett. One family so called settled in England on the persecution of the French Protestants, consequent upon the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
&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.
Barratt,Barrett. —Baret was a personal name of Teutonic origin, occurring in England in pre - Domesday times. This surname is scattered irregularly over the country, and is at present best represented in Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Dorset, Essex, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire.
Barratt Demographics
Average Male Barratt Height
176.24 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Barratt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barratt Come From? nationality or country of origin
Barratt is most common in England. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Barratt? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 30,105th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 410,450 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Barratt live; 62 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 1,011,231st most commonly used given name in the world, held by 89 people.
The last name is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 10,160 people, or 1 in 5,484. In England Barratt is mostly found in: Greater London, where 8 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 8 percent live and West Midlands, where 8 percent live. Apart from England this last name exists in 77 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Barratt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Barratt has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Barratt surname expanded 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 490 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 389 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 995 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 84 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Barratt Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Barratt surname is principally Catholic (81%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Barratt surname are 13.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.04% registered with the political party.
The amount Barratt earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 7.02% more than the national average, earning 370,359 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 15.05% more than the national average, earning R 273,408 per year; in United States they earn 9.55% more than the national average, earning $47,269 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.59% more than the national average, earning $54,446 CAD per year.
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