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    The surname Barcia

    A Galician surname, carried by 6,555 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

    Barcia: #5,316 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Barcia #5,316, 6,555 people Barcia: #5,316 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barcia #5,316, 6,555 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barcia is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    Galician origin

    A surname from Galician.

    One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,555 people named Barcia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,101 Americans. That is up 106% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,190.

    #5,316
    rank among US surnames
    6,555
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +105.5%
    change since 2000 (was #9,370)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,311Erdman6,55847,079
    #5,313Brophy6,55747,086
    #5,315Mallett6,55647,094
    #5,316Barcia6,55547,101

    Who is named Barcia

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

    82% of people named Barcia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barcia

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

    Other Galician surnames

    All 34 Galician surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barcia come from?
    Barcia is Galician in origin.
    How common is the surname Barcia?
    6,555 people in the United States had the surname Barcia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,101 Americans. It ranked 5,316th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barcia?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Barcia identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Barcia getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,190 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,555 in 2010, up 106%.