Barrow Name Meaning: Either form someone who lived near a grove or in a place of the same name.
Olde English pre 7th Century 'bearo or bearu' meaning grove or wood. Alternatively from 'beorg' meaning hill or barrow.
Discover how your Barrow ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 7 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 36 |
| Channel Islands | 1 |
| Cheshire | 310 |
| Cornwall | 37 |
| Cumberland | 79 |
| Derbyshire | 56 |
| Devon | 326 |
| Dorset | 10 |
| Durham | 184 |
| Essex | 23 |
| Gloucestershire | 105 |
| Hampshire | 160 |
| Herefordshire | 81 |
| Hertfordshire | 9 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 18 |
| Isle of Man | 3 |
| Kent | 159 |
| Lancashire | 1,737 |
| Leicestershire | 114 |
| Lincolnshire | 70 |
| London | 428 |
| Middlesex | 21 |
| Northumberland | 95 |
| Norfolk | 42 |
| Northamptonshire | 31 |
| Nottinghamshire | 97 |
| Oxfordshire | 15 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 18 |
| Shropshire | 52 |
| Suffolk | 41 |
| Somerset | 124 |
| Surrey | 45 |
| Sussex | 131 |
| Staffordshire | 145 |
| Warwickshire | 86 |
| Westmorland | 148 |
| Wiltshire | 39 |
| Worcestershire | 86 |
| Yorkshire | 378 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 4 |
| Cardiganshire | 2 |
| Carnarvonshire | 4 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 2 |
| Glamorgan | 24 |
| Merionethshire | 6 |
| Montgomeryshire | 5 |
| Monmouthshire | 23 |
| Pembrokeshire | 4 |
| Radnorshire | 1 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 945 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 135 |
| House Servant | 96 |
| Dress Maker | 73 |
| Labourer | 60 |
| Servant | 51 |
| Carter | 41 |
| House Keeper | 41 |
| Coal Miner | 34 |
| House Maid | 31 |
| General Servant | 29 |
| Shoe Maker | 29 |
| Blacksmith | 27 |
| Carpenter | 26 |
| Farmer | 25 |
| Cotton Weaver | 23 |
| Farm Servant | 23 |
| Joiner | 22 |
| Laundress | 21 |
| Wife Of Above | 21 |
| Butcher | 20 |
| Cook | 18 |
| Tailor | 18 |
| Dairy Maid | 18 |
| Domestic Servant | 18 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Barrow | 3,970 |
| John Barrow | 3,732 |
| William Barrow | 3,307 |
| Elizabeth Barrow | 2,488 |
| Thomas Barrow | 2,357 |
| James Barrow | 1,861 |
| Sarah Barrow | 1,800 |
| George Barrow | 1,799 |
| Ann Barrow | 1,239 |
| Jane Barrow | 1,158 |
| Joseph Barrow | 1,077 |
| Margaret Barrow | 1,026 |
| Henry Barrow | 881 |
| Robert Barrow | 848 |
| Ellen Barrow | 847 |
| Alice Barrow | 821 |
| Charles Barrow | 784 |
| Richard Barrow | 784 |
| Edward Barrow | 728 |
| Annie Barrow | 711 |
| Eliza Barrow | 622 |
| Hannah Barrow | 571 |
| Emily Barrow | 507 |
| Emma Barrow | 502 |
| Samuel Barrow | 475 |