# Barbaro (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,112 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,989 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 277,649 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.6% (1,178 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Latin barbarus (“foreign”), used in the middle ages to refer to a non-Christian.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barbaro 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barbaro in the United States and Argentina.

## People named Barbaro

- Monica Barbaro, American actress (born 1990)
- Hugo Nicolás Barbaro, Argentine Catholic bishop

## Similar surnames

Barber, Barbour, Barbieri, Barbera, Barbara, Barbier, Barbar, Burford, Braverman, Burbridge, Berberich, Broberg.

## 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.