Barnett

Barnett is the 337th most common surname in the United States, shared by 91,163 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 3,279.

By the numbers

People: 91,163
Rank: 337th
How common: 1 in 3,279
Per 100,000: 30.5

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Barnett described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 73.3%
Black, not Hispanic 17.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Barnett

Courtney Barnett (born 1987)Australian singer-songwriter and rock guitarist
Josh Barnett (born 1977)American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
Ross Barnett (1898–1987)governor of Mississippi, 1960–1964
Dick Barnett (1936–2025)American basketball player
Samuel Barnett (born 1980)British actor
Vince Barnett (1902–1977)actor
Leon Barnett (born 1985)British footballer
Natalia Grace Barnett (born 2003)Ukrainian-born American

People named Barnett with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Barnett

Also a first name

Barnett has been given to 1,285 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1923. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.