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Barr

in Illinois

There are 1,762 people with the last name "Barr" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Barr 528
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  1. is 524th most common Hodges
  2. is 525th most common Kaufman
  3. is 526th most common Maxwell
  4. is 527th most common Wilkins
  5. is 528th most common Barr
  6. is 529th most common Rowe
  7. is 530th most common Clay
  8. is 531st most common Byrd
  9. is 532nd most common Gates

Similar Names and Nicknames

Barrett, Berry, Barry, Barron, Barrera, Barrow, Barrios, Barrientos, Burr, Barragan

Most Common First Names for Barr

James, David, Robert, Michael, John, Richard, Mary, Charles, William, George

Meaning & History

Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from any of various places in southwestern Scotland, in particular Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, named with Gaelic barr ‘height’, ‘hill’ or a British cognate of this.

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gateway or barrier, from Middle English, Old French barre ‘bar’, ‘obstruction’.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France called Barre. See Barre.

English: habitational name from any of various places in England called Barr, for example Great Barr in the West Midlands, named with the Celtic element barro ‘height’, ‘hill’.

English: from the vocabulary word barr ‘bar’, ‘pole’, either a metonymic occupational name for a maker of bars, or perhaps a nickname for a tall, thin man.

Irish: from Ó Bairr, Donegal form of Ó Báire (see Barry 2).

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