The surname Barajas
A Spanish surname, carried by 45,153 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex B622
Origin
Spanish origin
A surname from Spanish.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 45,153 people named Barajas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,838 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 32,147.
Who is named Barajas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Barajas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
- Two or more races 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Barajas has the Soundex code B622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B622.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Barajas come from?
- Barajas is Spanish in origin.
- How common is the surname Barajas?
- 45,153 people in the United States had the surname Barajas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,838 Americans. It ranked 763rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Barajas?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Barajas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Barajas getting more or less common?
- More common. 32,147 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 45,153 in 2010, up 41%.