Barroughs Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Barroughs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barroughs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Barroughs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Barroughs is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Barroughs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Barroughs reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Barroughs is mostly found in: Alabama, where 33 percent are found, District of Columbia, where 33 percent are found and Ohio, where 33 percent are found. Other than The United States Barroughs is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent are found and Russia, where 20 percent are found.

Barroughs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Barroughs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Barroughs surname fell 88 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Barroughs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Barroughs last name is predominantly Brethren (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Baroughs940/
Borroughs89168/
Bauroughs890/
Bourroughs8486/
Buirroughs841/
Boroughs821,054/
Borroghs821/
Borrughs820/
Bouroughs784/
Borroughe780/
Buiroughs780/
Beuroughs780/
Boroghs751/
Varughs750/
Borughs750/
Varughse7111/
Borought712/
Barraghe711/
Boronghs710/
Boraughs710/
Varrugees671/
Barrox671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Barroughs
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