The Barrie surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,154 people carried this name — #10,219 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted. That is up 28% from 2,462 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 397 people named Barrie.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 301 people named Barrie 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 the Nordic population registers
41 people named Barrie is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Barrie in American newspapers,
1895–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,165 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barrie,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Barrie 1840–1921 -
Mira Barrie 1858–1915 · stage actor -
J. M. Barrie 1860–1937 · screenwriter -
J. M. Barrie 1860–1937 · screenwriter
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Mary Ansell 1861–1950 · actor -
Hugh Barrie d. 1915 · soldier
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barrie.
- 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
- Barrial 157 · U.S. census
- Barrier 3,002 · U.S. census
- Barriera 200 · U.S. census
- Barriere 761 · U.S. census
- Barrio 969 · U.S. census
- Barrios 32,873 · U.S. census
- Barris 1,348 · U.S. census
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