Popularity of the last name by country
New Zealand
- Wellington (929)
- Auckland (739)
- Otago (510)
- Canterbury (414)
- Manawatu Wanganui (280)
- Waikato (95)
- Nelson (82)
- West Coast (64)
- Gisborne (46)
- Taranaki (41)
- Bay of Plenty (36)
- Marlborough (31)
- Southland (26)
- Northland (14)
- Tasman (3)
All countries
- United Kingdom (241,116)
- United States (127,629)
- Spain (27,538)
- France (15,458)
- Australia (7,804)
- Algeria (5,433)
- Ireland (5,345)
- Canada (3,738)
- New Zealand (3,384)
- Netherlands (2,458)
- Unknown country (2,201)
- Germany (1,407)
- Hungary (873)
- Austria (664)
- Belgium (530)
- Italy (408)
- Switzerland (394)
- Romania (335)
- Denmark (307)
- Poland (252)
- Colombia (188)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (182)
- Latvia (164)
- India (158)
- Sri Lanka (157)
- Peru (104)
- Mexico (97)
- South Africa (97)
- China (60)
- Russian Federation (58)
- Indonesia (56)
- Jamaica (53)
- Norway (53)
- Turkey (42)
- Sweden (41)
- Morocco (37)
- Chile (36)
- Greece (36)
- Portugal (35)
- Argentina (33)
Origine of last name
BARBER : 1: English: occupational name for a barber from Middle English barb(o)ur ‘barber’ (Anglo-Norman French barber Old French barbier from Late Latin barbarius a derivative of barba ‘beard’). In the Middle Ages barbers not only cut hair and shaved beards but also practised surgery and pulled teeth.2: German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Barbier ‘barber’ (compare 1 above).3: Catalan: occupational name for a barber barber (see 1 above).4: Slovenian and Croatian; Hungarian (Barbér): occupational name for a barber of German origin (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbier">Barbier</a> compare 1 above and 2 above).5: Americanized form of any of numerous cognates of 1 above in different languages for example Spanish <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbero">Barbero</a> Portuguese Barbeiro French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbier">Barbier</a> Italian <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbieri">Barbieri</a>.6: Altered form of French <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barbeau">Barbeau</a>.
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