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    The surname Barboza

    A surname, carried by 8,497 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B612

    Barboza: #4,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Barboza #4,172, 8,497 people Barboza: #4,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barboza #4,172, 8,497 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barboza is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,497 people named Barboza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,336 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,371.

    #4,172
    rank among US surnames
    8,497
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +33.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,055)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,163Sharkey8,51436,263
    #4,164Schulze8,50936,285
    #4,165Shumaker8,50836,289
    #4,167Bontrager8,50736,293
    #4,168Hargis8,50336,310
    #4,169Siddiqui8,50236,314
    #4,171Paine8,50136,319

    Who is named Barboza

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

    73% of people named Barboza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 73%
    • White (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Barbozas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kathrin Barboza Márquez
      Bolivian biologist, born 1983

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barboza

    Barboza has the Soundex code B612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B612.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Barboza?
    8,497 people in the United States had the surname Barboza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,336 Americans. It ranked 4,172nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barboza?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Barboza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Barboza?
    Kathrin Barboza Márquez, Bolivian biologist.
    Where is the surname Barboza most common?
    Wikidata records people named Barboza in Bolivia.
    Is the surname Barboza getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,497 in 2010, up 33%.