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Early Origins of the Barney family

The surname Barney was first found in Austria, where the name Bernay emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Barney family

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Barney Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bernay, Bernaye, Berney, Bernais, Bernaie, Bernaies, Barnay, Baernay, Barnaye, Baernaye, Barnais, Baernais, Barnaie, Baernaie, Barnaies, Baernaies, Barney and many more.

Early Notables of the Barney family

During this period prominent bearers of the name Barney were Jakob Bernay (1824-1881), a German philologist and philosophical writer was born in Hamburg, the son of Jewish parents on September 11, 1824, and died in Bonn on May 26, 1881. In 1853 he...
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Barney Ranking

In the United States, the name Barney is the 2,240^th most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 1

Barney migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Barney Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Jacob Barney who settled in Salem, Massachusetts in 1620
Jacob Barney, who landed in Massachusetts in 1630 2
Jacob Barney who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1634
Jacob Barney, who settled in Salem/Massachusetts in 1635
James Barney, who settled in Virginia in 1650
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Barney Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Barney, who landed in Connecticut in 1720 2

Barney Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James Barney, who landed in America in 1804 2
Patrick Barney, who arrived in New York, NY in 1811 2
R. Barney, aged 27, settled in New Orleans in 1823
J. N. Barney, who arrived in San Francisco in 1850
B N Barney, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
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Barney migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Barney Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Thomas Barney, who settled in St. John's Newfoundland in 1821, he was from Pitdown, Kilkenny, Ireland 3
Rebecca Barney, aged 20, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Edward Reid" in 1833

Barney migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Barney Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Peter Barney, (Pickering, Samuel), English convict who was convicted in Middlesex, England for life, transported aboard the "David Lyon" on 29th April 1830, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Barney (post 1700) +

Jay Barney (1912-1985), American actor, known for his roles in The Killing Fields (1984), Sunday Showcase (1959) and The Big Fisherman (1959)
Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972), American playwright, poet and novelist who lived as an expatriate in Paris
Joshua Barney (1759-1818), American Commodore in the United States Navy in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812
Matthew Barney (b. 1967), American sculptor, actor, director, and writer
Chauncey Edward Barney (1915-1989), American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1952 5
Charles Neal Barney (1875-1949), American Republican politician, Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1906-07; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1908; Candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1916 5
Carl F. Barney (b. 1878), American Republican politician, Mayor of Marion, Indiana, 1935-42 5
C. T. Barney, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912 5
Austin Dunham Barney (1896-1971), American Republican politician, First selectman of Farmington, Connecticut, 1926-27; Member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1940 5
Augustus Barney, American politician, U.S. Consular Agent in Frelighsburg, 1884 5
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Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, Montreal: McGill's-Queen's Universtity Press 1998 ISBN 0-7735-1782-0
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 3rd June 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/david-lyon
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html