The Barbieri surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,407 people carried this name — #7,545 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,240 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Barbieri surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From barbiere (“barber”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Barbieri» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,783 people named Barbieri 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 743 people named Barbieri.
230 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
487 people named Barbieri live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 49 people named Barbieri 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
27 people named Barbieri is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Barbieri in American newspapers,
1888–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,246 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barbieri,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Luca Barberi 1452–1520 · lawyer -
Niccolò Barbieri 1576–1641 · writer -
Guercino 1591–1666 · painter -
Francesco Barbieri 1623–1698 · painter -
Giuseppe Barbieri 1774–1852 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 209 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barbieri.
- Barbey 259 · 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
- Barbiero 200 · U.S. census
- Barbin 676 · U.S. census
- Barbini 147 · U.S. census
- Barbo 548 · U.S. census
- Barbon 260 · U.S. census
- Barboni 155 · U.S. census
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