Barbe surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Barbe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,097 people carried this name — #23,238 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is down 5% from 1,154 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 8,547 people named Barbe.

160 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 102 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 160
Paris 625
Gironde 586
Ille-et-Vilaine 336
Mayenne 322
Côtes-d’Armor 244
Gers 237
Manche 231
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 222

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 631 people named Barbe live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Flemish Brabant.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Flemish Brabant 216
East Flanders 119
Hainaut 66
Antwerp 43
Liège 42
West Flanders 41
Brussels-Capital 38
Walloon Brabant 38

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 404 people named Barbe live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 273
Córdoba 47
City of Buenos Aires 36
Santiago del Estero 23
Mendoza 15
Santa Fe 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

68 people named Barbe live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 30
Geneva 22
Valais 5
Fribourg 4
Ticino 4
Zug 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Barbe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Paul Barbe
    Paul Barbe 1836–1890 · politician
  • André Barbes
    André Barbes 1844–1888 · lawyer
  • Jean Barbe 1784–1879 · writer
  • Eustache Barbe 1802–1876 · member of Roman Catholic religious orders and societies
  • Paul Barbe 1831–1897 · poet
  • August Barbe 1853–1902 · musical instrument maker

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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