Barton Surname
Approximately 153,277 people bear this surname
Barton Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the barton,' literally the barley-croft; Anglo-Saxon bere, barley, and tun, an enclosure. Afterwards' barton' got the secondary sense of a courtyard.
William de la Berton, Wiltshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameBarton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 92,564 | 1:3,916 | 427 |
| England | 27,895 | 1:1,997 | 239 |
| Australia | 11,004 | 1:2,453 | 322 |
| Canada | 6,672 | 1:5,522 | 805 |
| Germany | 1,956 | 1:41,158 | 5,415 |
| New Zealand | 1,909 | 1:2,372 | 325 |
| Jamaica | 1,302 | 1:2,204 | 351 |
| Scotland | 1,190 | 1:4,499 | 783 |
| Tanzania | 820 | 1:64,563 | 6,849 |
| Wales | 814 | 1:3,802 | 413 |
| South Africa | 713 | 1:75,986 | 9,446 |
| Poland | 659 | 1:57,676 | 9,094 |
| Ireland | 523 | 1:9,004 | 1,227 |
| Philippines | 437 | 1:231,666 | 35,418 |
| Northern Ireland | 421 | 1:4,383 | 856 |
| France | 407 | 1:163,201 | 25,424 |
| Russia | 368 | 1:391,639 | 37,991 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 213 | 1:6,404 | 977 |
| El Salvador | 209 | 1:30,354 | 1,082 |
| Guyana | 193 | 1:3,949 | 707 |
| Austria | 181 | 1:47,047 | 7,513 |
| Czechia | 171 | 1:62,184 | 10,411 |
| Argentina | 154 | 1:277,555 | 22,327 |
| Thailand | 154 | 1:458,691 | 80,467 |
| Spain | 153 | 1:305,569 | 18,303 |
| Hungary | 113 | 1:86,870 | 8,621 |
| Panama | 103 | 1:37,983 | 2,040 |
| Netherlands | 94 | 1:179,651 | 25,733 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 85 | 1:1,167 | 200 |
| Brazil | 81 | 1:2,642,893 | 79,412 |
| Mexico | 75 | 1:1,655,016 | 17,098 |
| Barbados | 73 | 1:3,938 | 517 |
| Sweden | 72 | 1:136,761 | 9,670 |
| Peru | 68 | 1:467,414 | 13,756 |
| Costa Rica | 66 | 1:72,425 | 1,409 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Bahamas | 64 | 1:6,121 | 584 |
| Zimbabwe | 63 | 1:245,051 | 26,542 |
| Switzerland | 61 | 1:134,638 | 13,235 |
| Isle of Man | 57 | 1:1,506 | 267 |
| Ecuador | 56 | 1:284,033 | 8,825 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Liberia | 55 | 1:80,155 | 6,706 |
| Malawi | 43 | 1:398,119 | 19,478 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| China | 37 | 1:36,954,637 | 1,973 |
| Norway | 37 | 1:138,981 | 17,684 |
| Gibraltar | 35 | 1:970 | 205 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 28 | 1:3,942 | 639 |
| Bermuda | 27 | 1:2,418 | 390 |
| Uruguay | 25 | 1:137,270 | 12,322 |
| Cayman Islands | 24 | 1:2,662 | 342 |
| Hong Kong | 23 | 1:318,934 | 3,111 |
| Belarus | 22 | 1:431,866 | 42,756 |
| Cyprus | 22 | 1:40,222 | 4,167 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Honduras | 22 | 1:400,747 | 3,070 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 1:2,276,135 | 151,395 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:5,221 | 1,083 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Chile | 16 | 1:1,101,030 | 21,213 |
| Saint Lucia | 16 | 1:11,174 | 1,095 |
| Serbia | 15 | 1:476,330 | 19,508 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 1:381,175 | 50,143 |
| Japan | 13 | 1:9,834,176 | 45,186 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Slovenia | 12 | 1:207,306 | 15,422 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Belize | 11 | 1:32,316 | 2,112 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Anguilla | 6 | 1:2,239 | 218 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Cook Islands | 5 | 1:3,636 | 866 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Falkland Islands | 4 | 1:783 | 169 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Ghana | 3 | 1:9,006,897 | 23,626 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Angola | 2 | 1:13,494,607 | 11,780 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 762 | 1:5,813 | 950 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15,454 | 1:1,577 | 198 |
| Scotland | 560 | 1:6,684 | 958 |
| Wales | 224 | 1:7,002 | 450 |
| Jersey | 18 | 1:2,882 | 475 |
| Guernsey | 11 | 1:2,969 | 521 |
| Isle of Man | 8 | 1:6,784 | 664 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,004 | 1:2,953 | 337 |
The alternate forms: Bartoń (1,562) & Bartoñ (1) are calculated separately.
Barton (13,821) may also be a first name.
Barton Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the barton,' literally the barley-croft; Anglo-Saxon bere, barley, and tun, an enclosure. Afterwards' barton' got the secondary sense of a courtyard.
William de la Berton, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John de la Berton, Kent, ibid.
Reginald de la Berton, Gloucestershire, ibid.
(a) Local, 'of Barton.' There are twenty-six parishes so called in Crockford. The origin is the same as (1), with this difference, that 'barton,' the single enclosure, had already grown into Barton, the hamlet or town.
Adam de Berton, Cambridgeshire, so Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
John de Berton, Kent, ibid.
Richard de Bertone. Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Chalmers (Dunfermline, II, p. 307) says that Bartons from Yorkshire came to Scotland after a contest with Edward 111, but persons of the name are in Scottish record at an earlier date. Thomas de Bartone of Ayrshire rendered homage in 1296 and had his lands restored to him (Bain, II, p. 214,219). Adam de Bartone of Berwickshire also rendered homage (ibid,, p. 206). John de Bertoun was juror on an inquisition at Lanark, 1432 (RAA., II, 65). Robert Barton of Ovirberntoun or Over Barton married the daughter of Moubray of Barnbougle Castle, and was allowed to assume the name of Moubray by Act of Parliament, 10 May, 1527 (APS., II, p. 320). Chalmers (op. cit., p. 456) says other Bartons changed their name to Stedman. William Bartane in Queensferry was charged with assault, 1628 (RPC., 2. ser. II, p. 423), and Adam Bartane was merchant burgess in Edinburgh, 1647 (Inquis., 3360). Robert Bartane of Risk signed the Test in 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. X. p. 227). The death of Sir Andrew Barton, naval commander to James IV is described in an old ballad. In the Erl inburgh Marriage Records the name occurs as Bartane, Barten, and Bartoun. Bertane 1550, Berton 1529.
(English) belonging to Barton = the Barley Grange or Barn. [Old English bere, barley + tún]
This name is in Ireland since the thirteentll century, but the leading family came in 1599. MIF 29
(English) One who came from Barton (grain farm), the name of various places in England.
The Gazetteer gives thirty-seven parishes, towns, and places so called in various counties of England. In the W. of England the demesnes of a manor or any considerable homestead are called bartons.
(Saxon.) Local. From a town in Lincolnshire, England; a corn town, or barley village, from bere, barley, and ton, an inclosure, a house, a village. Barton, a curtilage. In Devonshire, it is applied to any freehold estate not possessed of manorial privileges.
(English), Barred or Fenced town, Manor; also Corn-farm or village. (variant: Barstow.)
A frequent location name.
User-submitted Reference
This interesting surname has three very distinct origins, one theory is that the name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, meaning 'barley town' (village, settlement, farmstead, enclosure). Another theory suggests that it is Polish and Czech meaning 'son of Bartholomew'. The third one is that is derives from Dumbarton in Scotland (meaning: 'fort of the Britons' in Gaelic).
- dinn315(Celtic, English, Anglo-Saxon) This surname comes from a place name, meaning 'barley settlement by a hill' in Old English. It comes from the words bar, meaning 'barley', and tun, meaning 'settlement' or 'enclosure'. The word pem or pen in the Pemberton variant of this surname means 'hill' in Celtic.
- dinn315(English, Welsh, Irish) This surname means 'son of Bartholomew'.
- dinn315(Polish, Czech) The Barton surname means 'son of Bartholomew'.
- dinn315Barton Demographics
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Barton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barton Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Barton (Arabic: بارتن, Marathi: बाटर्न, Russian: Бартон) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as: Bartoń or Bartoñ. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Barton? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,666th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 47,545 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Barton reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Barton is also the 49,077th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 13,821 people.
The surname Barton is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 92,564 people, or 1 in 3,916. In The United States Barton is mostly found in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, Missouri, where 6 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 139 countries. It is also common in England, where 18 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.
Barton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Barton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Barton last name increased 544 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 213 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 363 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 31 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Barton Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (45%) in Ireland, Orthodox (67%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Melkite Greek Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Barton last name are 16.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.29% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Barton earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 51.73% more than the national average, earning 525,123 kr per year; in Peru they earn 141.35% more than the national average, earning S/. 46,786 per year; in South Africa they earn 55.19% more than the national average, earning R 368,796 per year; in United States they earn 1.03% more than the national average, earning $43,595 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.84% more than the national average, earning $51,093 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barton Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barton in the Marathi language | ||
| बाटर्न | batarna | 88.89 |
| बटर्न | batarna | 11.11 |
| Barton in the Russian language | ||
| Бартон | barton | - |
| Barton in the Arabic language | ||
| بارتن | bartn | - |
| بارتون | bartwn | - |
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