Barret Surname
Approximately 15,002 people bear this surname
Barret 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 SurnameBarret Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 11,941 | 1:5,563 | 459 |
| United States | 1,170 | 1:309,794 | 28,417 |
| Philippines | 289 | 1:350,305 | 47,129 |
| England | 177 | 1:314,791 | 23,605 |
| Haiti | 173 | 1:61,757 | 3,499 |
| Australia | 116 | 1:232,722 | 21,885 |
| Canada | 99 | 1:372,178 | 33,288 |
| Ecuador | 72 | 1:220,915 | 8,145 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Ireland | 59 | 1:79,813 | 4,719 |
| South Africa | 57 | 1:950,486 | 60,033 |
| Spain | 57 | 1:820,211 | 33,492 |
| Argentina | 47 | 1:909,434 | 58,335 |
| Russia | 44 | 1:3,275,524 | 171,933 |
| Mexico | 43 | 1:2,886,656 | 22,491 |
| Jamaica | 41 | 1:69,999 | 3,452 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Thailand | 40 | 1:1,765,959 | 222,048 |
| French Polynesia | 37 | 1:7,589 | 1,667 |
| New Caledonia | 31 | 1:8,910 | 2,168 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Andorra | 26 | 1:3,225 | 636 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Aruba | 23 | 1:4,499 | 638 |
| Denmark | 22 | 1:256,578 | 19,736 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Costa Rica | 21 | 1:227,622 | 2,745 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 127 | 1:34,881 | 3,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 703 | 1:34,673 | 4,541 |
| Scotland | 105 | 1:35,650 | 2,840 |
| Wales | 47 | 1:33,371 | 1,813 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,474 | 1:20,299 | 2,568 |
Barret (1,444) may also be a first name.
Barret 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.
(French.) Cunning; from the old French barat, strife, deceit.
Barret Demographics
Average Male Barret Height
175.8 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Barret Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barret Come From? nationality or country of origin
Barret (Marathi: बैरेट, Russian: Баррет) is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Barret? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 35,239th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 485,772 people. The surname Barret occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Barret are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 205,331st most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 1,444 people.
The surname Barret is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 11,941 people, or 1 in 5,563. In France it is mostly found in: Réunion, where 20 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 18 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account France it occurs in 90 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 percent live.
Barret Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Barret has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Barret surname declined 53 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 54 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 94 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Barret Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Barret surname is predominantly Catholic (96%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Barret surname are 0.029999999999994% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.2% being registered with the party.
The amount Barret earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 138.15% more than the national average, earning R 565,932 per year; in United States they earn 5.11% less than the national average, earning $40,946 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.62% more than the national average, earning $53,966 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barret Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barret in the Marathi language | ||
| बैरेट | baireta | 50 |
| बरेटो | bareto | 50 |
| Barret in the Russian language | ||
| Баррет | barret | - |
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