Barrell

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Metonymic occupational surname for a cooper or a nickname for an obese man or an immoderate drinker, from Old French baril (“barrel”).
• Habitational surname from Barwell, in Leicestershire, from Old English bār (“boar”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

Proper noun

Barrell (plural Barrells)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Barrell is the 35582^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 632 individuals. Barrell is most common among White (92.72%) individuals.

Further reading

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