The Barret surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,268 people carried this name — #19,672 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,480 people named Barret.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 95 départements, most often La Réunion.
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
26 people named Barret live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barret.
- Barreiro 1,678 · U.S. census
- Barrera 43,720 · U.S. census
- Barrere 335 · U.S. census
- Barrero 602 · U.S. census
- Barres 250 · U.S. census
- Barresi 1,051 · U.S. census
- Barreto 7,209 · U.S. census
- Barrett 95,896 · U.S. census
- Barrette 2,076 · U.S. census
- Barri 152 · U.S. census
- Barrial 142 · U.S. census
- Barrie 2,462 · U.S. census
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