How common is the surname Barranco?

2,808 people in the United States had the surname Barranco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. It ranked 11,257th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Barranco getting more or less common?

More common. 1,945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,808 in 2010, up 44%.

The surname Barranco

A surname, carried by 2,808 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barranco is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,808 people named Barranco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,945.

#11,257

rank among US surnames

2,808

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+44.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,168)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,248	Hemenway	2,811	109,835
#11,250	Stucker	2,810	109,874
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952
#11,264	Buskirk	2,807	109,991

Who is named Barranco

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

72% of people named Barranco identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 72%
White (not Hispanic) 25%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

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 Barranco

Barranco has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

Questions

How common is the surname Barranco?: 2,808 people in the United States had the surname Barranco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. It ranked 11,257th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barranco?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Barranco identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Barranco getting more or less common?: More common. 1,945 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,808 in 2010, up 44%.