How common is the last name Barney?

15,671 people in the United States have the last name Barney, about 1 in 19,073. It ranks #2,261 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BARNEY

#2,261

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,671
About
1 in 19,073
This common or more
49.2%
Who bears it

Of the 15,671 people with the last name Barney, 76.4% reported their origin as White, 12% as Black and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Barney

#2,259 Parr · 15,676#2,260 Urbina · 15,674#2,262 Hairston · 15,663#2,263 Mcnally · 15,658

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Barney, most common first.

#105,198 Barnea · 181

Also a first name

As a first name, Barney ranks #3,466 of 53,615, with 5,991 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1919, with 304 births. See Barney as a first name

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