as a Last Name
- 5,603
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Barnum
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of various places called Barnham, for example in Norfolk, Suffolk, and West Sussex. They are probably all named with the Old English byname Beorn(a) (see Barnes 2) or Old English beorn ‘warrior’ + hām ‘homestead’.
| 5,357th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,603
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Barnum per capita
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