Barstow Surname
Approximately 3,662 people bear this surname
Barstow Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller at, or near, the place where grain was stored.
Barstow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,702 | 1:134,145 | 14,069 |
| England | 755 | 1:73,799 | 8,395 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 506 | 1:48,173 | 5,936 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 871 | 1:57,656 | 6,408 |
Barstow (10) may also be a first name.
Barstow Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller at, or near, the place where grain was stored.
Local. May have various significations. Barr, the top of a hill, and stow, a place or depository. Bar, in the Gaelic, Welsh, and Cornish—British, means the summit or top of any thing. The Gaelic or Irish aran and barr, signify bread, a crop of grain; Welsh, bar, bread, an ear of corn; Saxon, bar and bere, corn, barley. Barstow, a place where grain is stored.
(English), Barley place or dwelling. “Bere” signifies both barley and bear. When connected with “croft,” “ham,” “stow,” “worth,” etc., it appears to be for barley; as a corn-farm was called “bereton,” and “berewic,” whence Barton, q. v., Berwick: but with “ford,” and “wash,” bear's may be meant.
From Barstone; a location name in Kent.
Barstow Demographics
Average Barstow Salary in
United States
$47,445 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Barstow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barstow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Barstow is found most in The United States. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Barstow.
How Common Is The Last Name Barstow? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 124,485th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,990,045 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Barstow live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 10 people.
The last name Barstow is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,702 people, or 1 in 134,145. In The United States Barstow is most prevalent in: California, where 13 percent live, Massachusetts, where 8 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States Barstow exists in 27 countries. It is also common in England, where 21 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
Barstow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Barstow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Barstow surname expanded 310 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 149 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 211 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 467 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Barstow Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Barstow surname are 5.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.04% registered with the party.
The amount Barstow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 128.81% more than the national average, earning R 543,732 per year; in United States they earn 9.96% more than the national average, earning $47,445 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.92% more than the national average, earning $54,610 CAD per year.
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