Barclay

English

Etymology

Variant of Berkeley.

Proper noun

Barclay (countable and uncountable, plural Barclays)

1. A surname.
2. A placename from the surname:
   1. An unincorporated community in Osage County, Kansas, United States.
   2. A town in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States.
   3. A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
   4. A town in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.
   5. An unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas, United States.

Derived terms

• Barclayan
• Barclaycard
• Barclayite

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Barclay is the 3115^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11568 individuals. Barclay is most common among White (80.17%) and Black/African American (14.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barclay”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100.