How common is the surname Barcelona?

1,144 people in the United States had the surname Barcelona in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. It ranked 22,481st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Barcelona?

In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Barcelona identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Barcelona getting more or less common?

More common. 989 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,144 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Barcelona

A surname, carried by 1,144 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex B624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barcelona is more common than 86.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,144 people named Barcelona in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 989.

#22,481

rank among US surnames

1,144

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+15.7%

change since 2000 (was #23,848)

Who is named Barcelona

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

46% of people named Barcelona identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 18% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 46%
Asian and Pacific Islander 29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18%
Two or more races 5.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barcelona

Barcelona has the Soundex code B624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B624.

Questions

How common is the surname Barcelona?: 1,144 people in the United States had the surname Barcelona in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. It ranked 22,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barcelona?: In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Barcelona identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Barcelona getting more or less common?: More common. 989 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,144 in 2010, up 16%.