Barrow Surname
Approximately 45,276 people bear this surname
Barrow Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the barrow,' a long low hill or mound, gen. barrows; compare Borroughs and Borrough.
Walter de la Barowe, Close Rolls, 14 Edward III.
Robert de la Barwe, Close Rolls , 3 Edward I.
Read More About This SurnameBarrow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23,483 | 1:15,435 | 1,958 |
| England | 10,147 | 1:5,491 | 778 |
| Australia | 3,190 | 1:8,463 | 1,260 |
| Canada | 1,404 | 1:26,243 | 3,513 |
| Barbados | 1,006 | 1:286 | 62 |
| New Zealand | 706 | 1:6,414 | 1,075 |
| South Africa | 694 | 1:78,066 | 9,679 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 474 | 1:2,878 | 494 |
| Kenya | 406 | 1:113,744 | 9,669 |
| Guyana | 319 | 1:2,389 | 436 |
| Wales | 306 | 1:10,113 | 1,118 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Scotland | 199 | 1:26,904 | 2,887 |
| France | 179 | 1:371,077 | 55,233 |
| Jamaica | 178 | 1:16,123 | 1,511 |
| Northern Ireland | 176 | 1:10,483 | 1,635 |
| Belize | 168 | 1:2,116 | 472 |
| Ireland | 150 | 1:31,393 | 2,720 |
| Spain | 140 | 1:333,943 | 19,434 |
| Nicaragua | 139 | 1:43,317 | 1,341 |
| India | 136 | 1:5,640,187 | 135,419 |
| Panama | 130 | 1:30,094 | 1,764 |
| Honduras | 87 | 1:101,338 | 1,700 |
| Gambia | 84 | 1:22,898 | 218 |
| Suriname | 83 | 1:6,658 | 1,580 |
| Brazil | 79 | 1:2,709,802 | 80,941 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Netherlands | 71 | 1:237,848 | 31,022 |
| Isle of Man | 53 | 1:1,619 | 284 |
| Sweden | 48 | 1:205,141 | 14,201 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45 | 1:2,504 | 440 |
| Thailand | 41 | 1:1,722,886 | 219,200 |
| Switzerland | 33 | 1:248,876 | 20,666 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Somalia | 29 | 1:463,864 | 3,606 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Liberia | 27 | 1:163,279 | 11,522 |
| Venezuela | 25 | 1:1,208,163 | 17,203 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 21 | 1:4,722 | 620 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 1:443,102 | 516 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Saint Lucia | 9 | 1:19,865 | 1,494 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Egypt | 8 | 1:11,491,969 | 62,263 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 1:1,268,778 | 4,375 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Somaliland | 4 | 1:875,046 | 1,198 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Ghana | 3 | 1:9,006,897 | 23,626 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 1:10,404,280 | 18,448 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 88 | 1:50,339 | 4,237 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6,177 | 1:3,946 | 565 |
| Wales | 103 | 1:15,227 | 907 |
| Scotland | 82 | 1:45,649 | 3,275 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,351 | 1:14,986 | 1,919 |
Barrow (1,174) may also be a first name.
Barrow Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the barrow,' a long low hill or mound, gen. barrows; compare Borroughs and Borrough.
Walter de la Barowe, Close Rolls, 14 Edward III.
Robert de la Barwe, Close Rolls , 3 Edward I.
John de la Berewe, Worcestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Richard de Barewe, Surreyf., 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William de la Barewe, Essex, ibid.
John atte Barwe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
John atte Berwe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
1750. Married — Thomas Barrows and Mary Jones: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) belonging to Barrow = 1 the Wood, [Old English bearo, dat. bearwej 2 the Hill or Tumulus. [Old English beorh]
(English) One who came from Barrow (wood, or hill), the name of many places in England.
Local. A circular earthen mound, marking the place of interment of some noted person; also a place of defense. The name of a river in Ireland.
From Barrow, name of parishes and places in at least ten counties in England; from barrow, a wood or grove, from Anglo-Saxon beara, bearewe, a grove; or from barrow, a hillock or mound of earth intended as a repository for the dead, answering to the tumulus of the Latins; from Anglo-Saxon beorg a hill or hillock, byrgen a tomb.
The celebrated mathematician and divine, Isaac Barrow, was grandson of Isaac B. of Spinney Abbey, Cambridge, Esq., of a family long seated in Suffolk and Norfolk, which had originally come from Lincoln, where it was seated t. Edward IV. (Harl. MS. 1560, f. 244). Roger de Barewe of Lincoln was deceased before 1271 (Rot. Hundr. i. 368). In 1194 William de Barewe had a suit in the same county (Rotuli Curiae Regis). In 1165 Robert de Jouvigny held a fief at Barrou, Normandy, of the Honour of Grent- Mesnil (Feod. Norm, apud Duchesne). In 1130 Adelaid de Barou occurs in Lincoln (Rot. Pip.), and in 1093 Walleran de Baro witnessed a charter of Chester Abbey (Mon. i. 1202). Barou was near Falaise in Normandy. There is a place named Barrow in Lincoln, which belonged to the Norman families of Quatremars, Le Despencer, Crespin, and Dives; but it is not practicable to connect with it the family of Barrow.
A frequent location name.; orfrom the Danish, Barroe; from the Dutch, Barrau; from the Flemish, Baro; a personal name.
Barrow: (Anglo-Saxon bearw), a wooded hill fit for pasturing swine: Mapleborough, Barrow-in-Furness. The dative plural is bearwe. In Devonshire it is the origin of many Beres. But “barrow” is also employed as a cairn or mound of stone, as Eylesbarrow, the Eagles’ Cairn (Anglo-Saxon beorh, a hill).
The Lancashire Barrows, who are named after a borough in the county, are best represented in the Ambleside district.
Barrow Demographics
Barrow Religious Adherence
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Barrow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barrow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Barrow (Arabic: بارو, Hindi: बैरो, Marathi: बँरो) is most common in The United States. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Barrow? popularity and diffusion
Barrow is the 12,411th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 160,958 people. The surname Barrow is primarily found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Barrow live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. Barrow is also the 231,753rd most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 1,174 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 23,483 people, or 1 in 15,435. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 14 percent are found, Georgia, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 113 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.
Barrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Barrow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Barrow last name expanded 701 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 297 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 243 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 170 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Barrow Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (56%) in Ireland and Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Barrow are 11.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.08% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Barrow earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.49% less than the national average, earning 275,156 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 63.92% more than the national average, earning R 389,544 per year; in United States they earn 3.4% less than the national average, earning $41,680 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.94% more than the national average, earning $52,636 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barrow Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barrow in the Hindi language | ||
| बैरो | bairo | - |
| Barrow in the Marathi language | ||
| बँरो | bamro | 58.54 |
| बैरो | bairo | 9.76 |
| बँरॉव | bamrova | 9.76 |
| बरो | baro | 7.32 |
| बरारो | bararo | 4.88 |
| बारो | baro | 4.88 |
| बरोज | baroja | 4.88 |
| Barrow in the Arabic language | ||
| بارو | barw | - |
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