# Barra (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/barra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,639 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,865 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 116,993 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (2,195 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barra in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 56% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 29% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 8.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barra in Brazil.

## People named Barra

- Hugo Barra, Brazilian computer scientist

## Similar surnames

Barry, Barr, Barrow, Baer, Bair, Bahr, Bare, Barrie, Baur, Barre, Bara, Bari.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.