Barre

See also: barre

English

Etymology

From the French surname, named after several places containing Barre in France.

Proper noun

Barre (plural Barres)

1. A surname from French.

Derived terms

• Wilkes-Barre (actually from Barré)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Barre is the 13727^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2205 individuals. Barre is most common among White (63.58%) and Black/African American (26.89%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barre”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 105.

Anagrams

• Berra, Raber, aberr, arber, barer, berra, rebar