Barkus Family History
- Barkus Name Meaning
- English: probably a reduced form of Barkhouse, a topographic name for someone who lived by a tannery, Middle English barkhous, or an occupational name for someone who worked in one. Lithuanian: variant of Bartkus. Czech and Slovak: unexplained.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 19,641 Historical Documents with Barkus on Ancestry
- 7,076 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 5,346 Census and Voter Lists
- 891 Military Records
- 553 Immigration Records
- 5,775 Member Trees
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Number of Barkus families
 18 - 34  7 - 17 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Barkus census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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