How common is the surname Barca?

719 people in the United States had the surname Barca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 429,410 Americans. It ranked 32,079th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Barca?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Barca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Barca?

Peter W. Barca, American politician, followed by Mago.

Where is the surname Barca most common?

Wikidata records people named Barca in the United States and Ancient Carthage.

How do you pronounce Barca?

Barca is /ˈbɑɹkə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Barca getting more or less common?

Less common. 777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 719 in 2010, down 7.5%.

The surname Barca

A surname, carried by 719 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɑɹkə/ 2 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barca is more common than 80.2% of them.

Origin

From Latin Barca, from Punic 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (Baraq), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (baraq, “lightning”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *baraḳ-.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 719 people named Barca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 429,410 Americans. That is down 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 777.

#32,079

rank among US surnames

719

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-7.5%

change since 2000 (was #28,824)

Who is named Barca

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

88% of people named Barca identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Barcas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter W. Barca
American politician, born 1955
Mago
Barcid Carthaginian who played an important role in the Second Punic War, -242–-202

Notable Barcas come mostly from the United States (1) and Ancient Carthage (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Barce
Barke

Surnames that sound like Barca

Barca has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Questions

Where does the surname Barca come from?: From Latin Barca, from Punic 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (Baraq), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (baraq, “lightning”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *baraḳ-.
How common is the surname Barca?: 719 people in the United States had the surname Barca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 429,410 Americans. It ranked 32,079th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barca?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Barca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Barca?: Peter W. Barca, American politician, followed by Mago.
Where is the surname Barca most common?: Wikidata records people named Barca in the United States and Ancient Carthage.
How do you pronounce Barca?: Barca is /ˈbɑɹkə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Barca getting more or less common?: Less common. 777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 719 in 2010, down 7.5%.
What are other spellings of Barca?: Barce and Barke.