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    The surname Barras

    A French surname, carried by 2,512 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barras is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Surname from French Barras.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,512 people named Barras in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,908 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,124.

    #12,384
    rank among US surnames
    2,512
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,187)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,378Richer2,513122,859
    #12,384Barras2,512122,908
    #12,389Harrah2,511122,957
    #12,393Lovins2,510123,006

    Who is named Barras

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

    80% of people named Barras identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Barras

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barras come from?
    Surname from French Barras.
    How common is the surname Barras?
    2,512 people in the United States had the surname Barras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,908 Americans. It ranked 12,384th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barras?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Barras identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Barras getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,512 in 2010, up 18%.
    What are other spellings of Barras?
    Barris.