The Barre surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,205 people carried this name — #13,727 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 133,300 people counted. That is up 30% from 1,691 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Barre surname
From the French surname, named after several places containing Barre in France.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Barre» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 10,600 people named Barre.
86 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 166 people named Barre 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.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
120 people named Barre live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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/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 40 people named Barre 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
299 people named Barre are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Barre,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacques-Jean Barre 1793–1855 · medalist -
Jean-Auguste Barre 1811–1896 · sculptor -
Odile Pannet née Barre d. 1947 · art collector
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Richard Barre 1130–1202 · writer
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Joseph Barre 1692–1764 · historian
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William Vincent Barré 1760–1829 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barre.
- Barral 323 · U.S. census
- Barran 316 · U.S. census
- Barranco 2,808 · U.S. census
- Barrand 289 · U.S. census
- Barranger 149 · U.S. census
- Barras 2,512 · U.S. census
- Barreau 342 · U.S. census
- Barreda 1,034 · U.S. census
- Barreira 436 · U.S. census
- Barreiro 2,125 · U.S. census
- Barrera 60,998 · U.S. census
- Barrere 312 · U.S. census
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