The Barbier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,329 people carried this name — #20,099 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. That is down 5% from 1,398 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 18,988 people named Barbier.
250 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 102 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 1,603 people named Barbier 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
297 people named Barbier live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 269 people named Barbier 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 Salta.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Barbier in American newspapers,
1894–1932.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,247 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barbier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoine Alexandre Barbier 1765–1825 · librarian -
Charles Barbier de La Serre 1767–1841 · inventor -
Joseph Athanase Barbier 1767–1846 · physician -
Jacques-Luc Barbier-Walbonne 1769–1860 · painter -
Henri Auguste Barbier 1805–1882 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 187 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barbier.
- Barbery 269 · U.S. census
- Barbes 109 · U.S. census
- Barbey 259 · U.S. census
- Barbi 128 · U.S. census
- Barbian 563 · U.S. census
- Barbie 238 · U.S. census
- Barbiere 133 · U.S. census
- Barbieri 4,407 · U.S. census
- Barbiero 200 · U.S. census
- Barbin 676 · U.S. census
- Barbini 147 · U.S. census
- Barbo 548 · U.S. census
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