The Barbey surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 259 people carried this name — #74,608 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 254 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,336 people named Barbey.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Calvados.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
844 people named Barbey live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 71 people named Barbey 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Barbey,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henry Isaac Barbey d. 1906 -
Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly 1808–1889 · writer -
Édouard Barbey 1831–1905 · politician -
William Barbey 1842–1914 · politician -
Hélène de Pourtalès 1868–1945 · skipper -
Léon Barbey d'Aurevilly 1809–1876 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barbey.
- Barberi 502 · U.S. census
- Barberio 760 · U.S. census
- Barberis 313 · U.S. census
- Barbero 797 · U.S. census
- Barbery 269 · U.S. census
- Barbes 109 · U.S. census
- Barbi 128 · U.S. census
- Barbian 563 · U.S. census
- Barbie 238 · U.S. census
- Barbier 1,329 · U.S. census
- Barbiere 133 · U.S. census
- Barbieri 4,407 · U.S. census
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