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    The surname Baro

    A surname, carried by 1,258 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B600

    Baro: #20,937 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Baro #20,937, 1,258 people Baro: #20,937 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Baro #20,937, 1,258 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baro is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    As a Spanish and Catalan surname, from baró (“free man”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,258 people named Baro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,426 Americans. That is up 258% since 2000, when the Census counted 351.

    #20,937
    rank among US surnames
    1,258
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +258.4%
    change since 2000 (was #54,880)

    Who is named Baro

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

    44% of people named Baro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 44%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Baro

    Baro has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Baro come from?
    As a Spanish and Catalan surname, from baró (“free man”).
    How common is the surname Baro?
    1,258 people in the United States had the surname Baro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,426 Americans. It ranked 20,937th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baro?
    In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Baro identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Baro getting more or less common?
    More common. 351 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,258 in 2010, up 258%.