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The Bare surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,291 people carried this name — #4,836 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 6,724 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 478 people named Bare.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Ardennes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Ardennes 61
Paris 57
Oise 33
Aisne 29
Seine-Maritime 26
Somme 24
Meuse 21
Haut-Rhin 18

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 174 people named Bare 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 Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 76
Flemish Brabant 27
Namur 24
Brussels-Capital 14
Limburg 12
Antwerp 8
Walloon Brabant 8
Luxembourg Province 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

24 people named Bare live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 13
Vaud 8
Zurich 3

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 the Nordic population registers

120 people named Bare is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 120

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

Bare in American newspapers,
1803–1894.

Newspaper page from The Helena Independent carrying the name Bare
The Helena Independent 1893-09-22
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Bare
The Grenada Sentinel 1894-01-27
Newspaper page from Republican Ledger, And Portsmouth Price Current carrying the name Bare
Republican Ledger, And Portsmouth Price Current 1803-05-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,115,899 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bare,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Bare
    George Bare 1899–1981 · modern pentathlete
  • Bobby Bare
    Bobby Bare 1935– · singer
  • Thomas D. Bare 1867–1931 · politician
  • Reginald Bare 1900–1984 · rower
  • Reginald Bare 1900–1984 · rower
  • Luella Klein 1901–2019 · gynecologist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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