Barkus
English edit
Etymology edit
Various origins:
- A reduced form of Barkhouse, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a tannery.
- Borrowed from Lithuanian Barkus, a variant of Bartkus.
- Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Barkus, a surname with an unexplained origin.
Proper noun edit
Barkus (plural Barkuses)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Barkus is the 39555th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 556 individuals. Barkus is most common among White (69.96%) and Black/African American (24.1%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barkus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 102.