Popularity of the last name by country
New Zealand
- Canterbury (2,839)
- Auckland (1,886)
- Otago (1,257)
- Wellington (1,008)
- Gisborne (342)
- Manawatu Wanganui (307)
- Waikato (214)
- Nelson (159)
- Taranaki (148)
- Marlborough (120)
- West Coast (101)
- Bay of Plenty (69)
- Northland (38)
- Southland (33)
- Tasman (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (452,237)
- United States (141,534)
- Australia (14,316)
- New Zealand (8,722)
- Ireland (5,095)
- Canada (4,898)
- France (4,797)
- Unknown country (3,818)
- Germany (799)
- Netherlands (713)
- Belgium (484)
- Italy (425)
- Turkey (256)
- India (235)
- Switzerland (229)
- Colombia (189)
- Sweden (184)
- Austria (178)
- Hungary (158)
- Greece (157)
- Spain (134)
- Mexico (132)
- South Africa (110)
- Denmark (108)
- Lebanon (101)
- Egypt (100)
- Finland (95)
- Argentina (80)
- Jamaica (68)
- Norway (67)
- Palestine (61)
- Russian Federation (60)
- Indonesia (58)
- Cuba (57)
- China (56)
- Peru (49)
- Poland (41)
- Tunisia (41)
- Singapore (39)
- Paraguay (38)
Origine of last name
BARKER : 1: English: occupational name for a tanner of leather from Middle English barkere ‘tanner’ tree bark having been used as the tanning agent.2: English: occupational name for a shepherd from Middle English berker bercher (Old French berchier bercher berkier berker Late Latin berbicarius from berbex ‘ram’ genitive berbicis). With the change of -ar- to -er- in Middle English this became indistinguishable from the preceding name (see 1 above).3: Americanized form of German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Berger">Berger</a> or <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barger">Barger</a>.
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