How Many People Have the Last Name Barney?
people had the surname Barney in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 17,986 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+848 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Barney (78.5%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 12.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Barney ranks #1,657. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Barney grew from 15,556 people in 2000 to 16,404 in 2010 (up 5.5%), and its rank fell from #2,144 to #2,224. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 5.77 to 5.56 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 15,556 | 16,404 |
| Rank | #2,144 | #2,224 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.77 | 5.56 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Barney
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Barney: B650
👤 Barney as a First Name
Barney is a first name too: about 5,737 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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