The barbour Surname

barbour Name Meaning and History

Scottish and northern Irish: occupational name from Old French barbeor ‘barber’. Compare the English form Barber.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The barbour name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the barbour family name as far back in history as possible.

barbour Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of barbour Families in the US in 1920

Number of barbour families

66-130

23-65

1-22

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
Barbour's in Australia	D19	4
Hayden Barbour	Jody Pendleton	4
Origin of Barbour Family: Scotland or France?	Ronald_Barbour	20
Virginia Barbours	holterbarbour	17
Barber/Barbour Genealogies	donbarber06	2
Barbour/Barber Genealogies	donbarber06	4
PERCY ALFRED BARBOUR'S FAMILY	tyjbarb	0
Pittsburgh Barbours	Bryan A. Barbour	3
Richard Barbour of Va land Warrents	schappell178	0
James and Lucy Barbour in Meade co. KY 1846?	schappell178	1

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