The Barbee surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,470 people carried this name — #3,151 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,700 people counted. That is up 9% from 10,501 in 2000.

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In print

Barbee in American newspapers,
1859–1910.

Newspaper page from Sugar Planter carrying the name Barbee
Sugar Planter 1859-09-10
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Barbee
El Paso Herald 1910-10-22
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Barbee
El Paso Herald 1910-10-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 45,494 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Barbee in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

189 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Barbee. The most, 50, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 157
Victoria 11
Queensland 9
South Australia 5
Western Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 1
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Barbee.

Who carried it

People named Barbee,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Dodson Barbee
    James Dodson Barbee 1832–1904 · literary agent
  • Alice Barbee Castleman
    Alice Barbee Castleman 1843–1925 · suffragist
  • Lindsey Barbee
    Lindsey Barbee 1876–1951 · writer
  • Hannah Barbee 1635–1685
  • William J. Barbee 1816–1892 · writer
  • Andrew Russell Barbee, Jr. 1827–1903 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Barbee,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States646 records

646 records of the Barbee name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 420
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 181
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 21
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert T. Barbee

    Born 1922 in Ohio. Enlisted 1943 at Columbus; longshoreman from Franklin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Concord Cemetery, Grove City, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard Lordy Barbee

    Born 1948; from Salinas, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1971 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Barbee

    Arrived at New York in 1870 aboard the China from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 32; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 646 records for Barbee in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands93 records

93 records of the Barbee name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 47
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 25
  • Dutch population registers 21
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Maria Barbee

    Born 1860 in Vlissingen. Married in 1884 in Vlissingen.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Franciscus Barbee

    Born 1821 in Lisse. Married in 1865 in Sassenheim.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Paulina Louisa Barbée

    Born 1879 in Mijdrecht. Married in 1926 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 93 records for Barbee in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Barbee name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Francois Louis Marie Barbee

    Born 1906 in Gourin (Morbihan); died 1973 in Mouy (Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Genevieve Marie Francoise Barbee

    Born 1903 in Gourin (Morbihan); died 1973 in Compiègne (Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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