Barton Surname

3,666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153,277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

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.

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Barton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States92,5641:3,916427
England27,8951:1,997239
Australia11,0041:2,453322
Canada6,6721:5,522805
Germany1,9561:41,1585,415
New Zealand1,9091:2,372325
Jamaica1,3021:2,204351
Scotland1,1901:4,499783
Tanzania8201:64,5636,849
Wales8141:3,802413
South Africa7131:75,9869,446
Poland6591:57,6769,094
Ireland5231:9,0041,227
Philippines4371:231,66635,418
Northern Ireland4211:4,383856
France4071:163,20125,424
Russia3681:391,63937,991
Trinidad and Tobago2131:6,404977
El Salvador2091:30,3541,082
Guyana1931:3,949707
Austria1811:47,0477,513
Czechia1711:62,18410,411
Argentina1541:277,55522,327
Thailand1541:458,69180,467
Spain1531:305,56918,303
Hungary1131:86,8708,621
Panama1031:37,9832,040
Netherlands941:179,65125,733
Antigua and Barbuda851:1,167200
Brazil811:2,642,89379,412
Mexico751:1,655,01617,098
Barbados731:3,938517
Sweden721:136,7619,670
Peru681:467,41413,756
Costa Rica661:72,4251,409
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Bahamas641:6,121584
Zimbabwe631:245,05126,542
Switzerland611:134,63813,235
Isle of Man571:1,506267
Ecuador561:284,0338,825
India561:13,697,596234,369
Liberia551:80,1556,706
Malawi431:398,11919,478
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Singapore391:141,2236,278
China371:36,954,6371,973
Norway371:138,98117,684
Gibraltar351:970205
United States Virgin Islands281:3,942639
Bermuda271:2,418390
Uruguay251:137,27012,322
Cayman Islands241:2,662342
Hong Kong231:318,9343,111
Belarus221:431,86642,756
Cyprus221:40,2224,167
Guernsey221:2,929767
Honduras221:400,7473,070
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Ukraine201:2,276,135151,395
Jersey191:5,2211,083
Kenya191:2,430,52136,895
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Chile161:1,101,03021,213
Saint Lucia161:11,1741,095
Serbia151:476,33019,508
Italy141:4,368,335106,343
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Slovakia141:381,17550,143
Japan131:9,834,17645,186
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Slovenia121:207,30615,422
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Belize111:32,3162,112
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Guam81:20,0153,029
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Anguilla61:2,239218
Azerbaijan61:1,608,18720,863
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Cook Islands51:3,636866
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Falkland Islands41:783169
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Ghana31:9,006,89723,626
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Angola21:13,494,60711,780
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Sudan21:18,755,09814,167
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Dominica11:75,891912
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malta11:430,2723,380
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland7621:5,813950
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England15,4541:1,577198
Scotland5601:6,684958
Wales2241:7,002450
Jersey181:2,882475
Guernsey111:2,969521
Isle of Man81:6,784664
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States17,0041:2,953337

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

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.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Barton = the Barley Grange or Barn. [Old English bere, barley + tún]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This name is in Ireland since the thirteentll century, but the leading family came in 1599. MIF 29

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who came from Barton (grain farm), the name of various places in England.

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

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.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(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.

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

(English), Barred or Fenced town, Manor; also Corn-farm or village. (variant: Barstow.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

A frequent location name.

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

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'.

- dinn315

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bartoń941,562/
Bartoñ941/
Bartone921,742/
Barthon92319/
Bearton9244/
Bartoon9218/
Bartton9211/
Bahrton9211/
Bartoen929/
Bartonn925/
Bartong924/
Barrton924/
Bartoin922/
Bartond922/
Baerton921/
Baarton921/
Baurton921/
Hbarton920/
Bartonne862/
Bartoing861/
Bartosne861/
Barthone861/
Barttong861/
Berton8321,268/
Borton835,013/
Bartan832,495/
Warton831,722/
Bartun83113/
Varton8341/
Bartom8320/
Bartoszyn80193/
Bartonová8073/
Bartonova8044/
Bartoshyn8038/
Bartohina801/
Bearthong801/
Bartohyna801/
Bartthong801/
Barthtone800/
Wharton7729,631/
Berthon776,289/
Bortone774,716/
Bourton771,038/
Beurton77601/
Warthon77579/
Bartuin77140/
Bhartan7756/
Bertoin7749/
Bartune7736/
Bartung7718/
Huarton7712/
Bertton779/
Bertonn778/
Barthan778/
Bortong777/
Barttan774/
Bartoum774/
Bartaun774/
Wahrton773/
Buirton772/
Borthon772/
Bortohn771/
Bartang771/
Bartasn771/
Bhorton771/
Wartonn771/
Vartton771/
Wartton771/
Wuarton771/
Beirton771/
Borzton771/
Bahrtan771/
Bartaan771/
Vartone771/
Bairtom771/
Bartoom771/
Beerton770/
Boorton770/
Boerton770/
Barttom770/
Barthun770/
Vearton770/
Berrton770/
Bgorton770/
Borrton770/
Barthousen753/
Bartoschin751/
Bartõ731/
Bağırtan71330/
Berthoin71312/
Barthune7165/
Bartaune7130/
Borthong7124/
Bourtong7119/
Bharthan7110/
Barthoum714/
Waharton713/
Vartuone712/
Bortoing712/
Whartton711/
Barthamn711/
Whartoon711/
Whaurton711/
Barthane711/
Wuarthon711/
Bertthon711/
D'Borton711/
Bartusne711/
Bartůnĕk711/
Barthann711/
Baarthan711/
Bahartan711/
Bartacin711/
Bortonne711/
Borttone711/
Barthank710/
Whearton710/
Bertan675,043/
Worton672,726/
Vartan67865/
Bortun67512/
Bortan67506/
Wartan67117/
Bartanova67115/
Wartoń67100/
Värton6791/
Bartam6774/
Bartum6756/
Bertão6752/
Bourthong6743/
Bertón6722/
Wartom6719/
Vartun6713/
Bartunova6713/
Baharhtan678/
Vorton675/
Uorton674/
Vartonova672/
Bortom672/
Bartuszyn672/
Bortoń672/
Bhartahan671/
Wartão671/
Bertán671/
Bertòn671/
Bartuń671/

Barton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Barton in the Marathi language
बाटर्नbatarna88.89
बटर्नbatarna11.11
Barton in the Russian language
Бартонbarton-
Barton in the Arabic language
بارتنbartn-
بارتونbartwn-

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Barton Reference & Research

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