Last Name BARLEY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of Barlow, or local, 'of Barley,' a prish in couonty Herts, near Barkway.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish

Rank	6,806 (2000 US census)	9,745 (1990 US census)

Count	4,562 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

75.87%, or 3461 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
19.33%, or 882 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 22 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.34%, or 61 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.32%, or 60 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.67%, or 76 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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