The Barres surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 242 people carried this name — #78,821 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 250 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Barres surname
A surname from French, usually applying to Maurice Barrès.
Borrowed from French Barrès.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Barrès» (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 862 people named Barres.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Aveyron.
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 print
Barres in American newspapers,
1911–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 311,533 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barres.
- 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
- Barrero 704 · U.S. census
- Barresi 1,123 · U.S. census
- Barret 1,430 · U.S. census
- Barreto 10,127 · U.S. census
- Barrett 100,104 · U.S. census
- Barrette 2,969 · U.S. census
- Barri 155 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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