The Barrier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,002 people carried this name — #10,657 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 2,700 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,870 people named Barrier.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Barrier 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Barrier in American newspapers,
1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 324,116 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barrier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edgar Barrier 1907–1964 · actor -
Ricet Barrier 1932–2011 · actor -
Ron Barrier d. 2020 · television producer
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Jean-Annet Barrier 1794–1858 · physician
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Théodore Barrier 1823–1877
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Gustave Barrier 1853–1945 · veterinarian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barrier.
- 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
- Barrie 3,154 · 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
- Barro 693 · U.S. census
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