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    The surname Baran

    A surname, carried by 6,640 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B650

    Baran: #5,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Baran #5,253, 6,640 people Baran: #5,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Baran #5,253, 6,640 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baran is more common than 96.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,640 people named Baran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,498 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,198.

    #5,253
    rank among US surnames
    6,640
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,181)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,247Chrisman6,64746,449
    #5,250Harrigan6,64646,456
    #5,251Bordelon6,64446,470
    #5,253Batiste6,64046,498

    Who is named Baran

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Baran identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Barans

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paul Baran
      American engineer (1926–2011)
    • Paul A. Baran
      American Marxist economist (1909–1964)
    • Phil Baran
      American chemist, born 1977
    • Alaksandar Milinkievič
      Belarusian politician, 1947–2026
    • Renan Barão
      Brazilian mixed martial artist, born 1987

    Notable Barans come mostly from Poland (1), the Russian Empire (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Baran

    Baran has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Baran?
    6,640 people in the United States had the surname Baran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,498 Americans. It ranked 5,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baran?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Baran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Baran?
    Paul Baran, American engineer (1926–2011), followed by Paul A. Baran.
    Where is the surname Baran most common?
    Wikidata records people named Baran in Poland, the Russian Empire and the United States and 2 other countries.
    Is the surname Baran getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,198 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,640 in 2010, up 7.1%.