The Barbu surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 285 people carried this name — #65,133 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 293 people named Barbu.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.
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 181 people named Barbu 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 Brussels-Capital.
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
90 people named Barbu live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barbu.
- Barbo 554 · U.S. census
- Barbon 230 · U.S. census
- Barboni 175 · U.S. census
- Barbosa 13,433 · U.S. census
- Barbot 310 · U.S. census
- Barboza 6,371 · U.S. census
- Barby 213 · U.S. census
- Barc 138 · U.S. census
- Barcelo 1,504 · U.S. census
- Barclay 11,160 · U.S. census
- Barco 1,810 · U.S. census
- Bard 6,470 · U.S. census
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