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    The surname Barrera

    A Spanish surname, carried by 60,998 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B660

    Barrera: #550 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Barrera #550, 60,998 people Barrera: #550 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Barrera #550, 60,998 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barrera is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 60,998 people named Barrera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,062 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 43,720.

    #550
    rank among US surnames
    60,998
    people in 2010
    21
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.5%
    change since 2000 (was #713)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #541Pratt61,6715,006
    #542Stokes61,6395,009
    #543Owen61,6305,010
    #544Ballard61,6255,010
    #545Lang61,5295,018
    #546Brock61,3695,031
    #547Villarreal61,3555,032

    Who is named Barrera

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

    93% of people named Barrera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Barreras

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Evaristo Barrera
      Argentine association football player and manager (1911-1982)
    • Leandro Barrera
      Argentine association football player, born 1991
    • David Barrera
      American actor, born 1968
    • Dakar
      Actor (1921-2004)

    Notable Barreras come mostly from Argentina (2), the United States (1) and Peru (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barrera

    Barrera has the Soundex code B660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B660.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barrera come from?
    Barrera is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Barrera?
    60,998 people in the United States had the surname Barrera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,062 Americans. It ranked 550th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barrera?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Barrera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Barrera?
    Evaristo Barrera, Argentine association football player and manager (1911-1982), followed by Leandro Barrera.
    Where is the surname Barrera most common?
    Wikidata records people named Barrera in Argentina, the United States and Peru.
    Is the surname Barrera getting more or less common?
    More common. 43,720 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 60,998 in 2010, up 40%.