# Baran (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/baran/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,640 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,253 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,498 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.1% (6,198 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Baran in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Baran in Poland, the Russian Empire, the United States, the Soviet Union and Brazil.

## People named Baran

- Paul Baran, American engineer (1926–2011)
- Paul A. Baran, American Marxist economist (1909–1964)
- Phil Baran, American chemist
- Alaksandar Milinkievič, Belarusian politician
- Renan Barão, Brazilian mixed martial artist

## Similar surnames

Barron, Baron, Barney, Barone, Brian, Barna, Beran, Bran, Baroni, Barrineau, Burian, Barreno.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.