# Barbosa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/barbosa/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,106 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,992 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,052 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (13,433 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barbosa 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) | 26% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 64% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barbosa in Brazil, Argentina, Guinea-Bissau and Angola.

## People named Barbosa

- Gabriel Barbosa, Brazilian association football player (born 1996)
- Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player (born 1982)
- Moacir Barbosa, Brazilian footballer (1921–2000)
- Danilo Barbosa, Brazilian association football player
- Ruy Barbosa, Brazilian politician, writer and jurist (1849–1923)
- Jade Barbosa, Brazilian artistic gymnast
- Mariano Barbosa, Argentine footballer
- Marcia Barbosa, Brazilian physicist
- Euclydes Barbosa, Brazilian association football player (1909-1988)
- Poliana Barbosa Medeiros, Brazilian association football player
- Isael da Silva Barbosa, Brazilian football midfielder
- José Luíz Barbosa, Brazilian male middle-distance runner

and 20 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Barboza, Brubaker, Brobst, Burbach, Burbage.

## 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.