This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barefoot, bearfoot, Barfus. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRC.2ACIB/246.1.1 Message Board Post: There are multiple origins for this surname. So far I have seen messages, and found examples, from Native American, German, Scottish, and Irish. So, the only way to know which applies to your ancestry is to do the research and learn where your ancestors originated. Remember that surnames in English are also sometimes translations and other times are based on pronounciation of the name. This surname is also spelled Bearfoot and Barfus.