Barstow Surname

124,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,662 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Barstow Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at, or near, the place where grain was stored.

Barstow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7021:134,14514,069
England7551:73,7998,395
Australia571:473,60936,415
Canada491:751,95159,756
Wales191:162,87011,152
Scotland141:382,41616,471
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
France81:8,302,840321,660
Norway61:857,04855,549
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5061:48,1735,936
Wales91:174,2686,522
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8711:57,6566,408

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(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.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

From Barstone; a location name in Kent.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Barstow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Barstow is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Barstow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 124,485th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,990,045 people. The surname is mostly found 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 held first name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.

This surname 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 common in: California, where 13 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 8 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also common in England, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Barstow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Barstow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Barstow last name grew 310 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 149 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 211 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 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 with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.04% being 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bairstow932,393/
Barstowe935/
Barstowa931/
Baerstow930/
Bairstowe881/
Berstow860/
Borstow860/
Beirstow803/
Vairstow801/
Barsztof801/
Berstov713/
Barstab711/
Borscthoff591/
Vorsthof5316/
Vorsthoff501/

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