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    The surname Barraza

    A surname, carried by 18,030 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B620

    Barraza: #2,004 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Barraza #2,004, 18,030 people Barraza: #2,004 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Barraza #2,004, 18,030 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barraza is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 18,030 people named Barraza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,124 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,430.

    #2,004
    rank among US surnames
    18,030
    people in 2010
    6.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,463)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,995Crenshaw18,09617,062
    #1,996Lackey18,08217,075
    #1,997Varner18,08117,076
    #1,998Staley18,08017,077
    #1,999Kowalski18,07717,079
    #2,000Kincaid18,07517,081
    #2,001Moya18,07117,085

    Who is named Barraza

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

    95% of people named Barraza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barraza

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Barraza?
    18,030 people in the United States had the surname Barraza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,124 Americans. It ranked 2,004th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barraza?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Barraza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Barraza getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,030 in 2010, up 34%.