Q: Barnes is an English surname and rare given name. At the time of the British Census of 1881, the relative frequency of the surname Barnes was highest in Dorset (2.9 times the British average), followed by Wiltshire, Cumberland, Hampshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire and Sussex.\n\nAnswer this question: where does the last name barnes come from? Let's give stream of consciousness first:
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To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: Barnes is an English surname and rare given name. Therefore, the final answer is English.
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