Last Name BARTER

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Meaning	The barter, a dealer in goods, one who chaffered, an exchanger.

Origin	English, French

Rank	12,009 (2000 US census)	10,953 (1990 US census)

Count	2,387 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.41%, or 2158 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.7%, or 136 total occurrences, as black,
0.25%, or 6 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.46%, or 11 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.59%, or 38 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.59%, or 38 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...