The Barriere surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 761 people carried this name — #30,630 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 34% from 567 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 4,108 people named Barriere.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 départements, most often Haute-Vienne.
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
67 people named Barriere live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barriere.
- Barrette 2,969 · U.S. census
- Barri 155 · U.S. census
- Barrial 157 · U.S. census
- Barrie 3,154 · U.S. census
- Barrier 3,002 · U.S. census
- Barriera 200 · 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
- Barrois 223 · U.S. census
- Barron 52,070 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Barriere is.
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