How common is the surname Barra?

2,639 people in the United States had the surname Barra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,993 Americans. It ranked 11,865th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Barra?

In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Barra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Barra?

Hugo Barra, Brazilian computer scientist.

Where is the surname Barra most common?

Wikidata records people named Barra in Brazil.

Is the surname Barra getting more or less common?

More common. 2,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,639 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Barra

A surname, carried by 2,639 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barra is more common than 92.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,639 people named Barra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,993 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,195.

#11,865

rank among US surnames

2,639

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+20.2%

change since 2000 (was #12,851)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,856	Stage	2,641	116,905
#11,863	Bodie	2,640	116,949
#11,865	Kopec	2,639	116,993
#11,870	Douthit	2,638	117,038
#11,874	Bousquet	2,637	117,082

Who is named Barra

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

56% of people named Barra identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 8.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Barras

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hugo Barra
Brazilian computer scientist, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barra

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

Questions

How common is the surname Barra?: 2,639 people in the United States had the surname Barra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,993 Americans. It ranked 11,865th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barra?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Barra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Barra?: Hugo Barra, Brazilian computer scientist.
Where is the surname Barra most common?: Wikidata records people named Barra in Brazil.
Is the surname Barra getting more or less common?: More common. 2,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,639 in 2010, up 20%.