as a Last Name
- 198,582
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Barnes
Meaning & Origins
English: topographic name or metonymic occupational name for someone who lived by or worked at a barn or barns, from Middle English barn ‘barn’, ‘granary’. In some cases, it may be a habitational name from Barnes (on the Surrey bank of the Thames in London), which was named in Old English with this word.
| 95th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 198,582
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Barnes per capita
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