# Barreto (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/barreto/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,127 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,524 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,487 people |
| Change since 2000 | +41% (7,209 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barreto in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 83% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barreto in Brazil, Paraguay and the United States.

## People named Barreto

- Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director (born 1955)
- Lima Barreto, Brazilian writer (1881-1922)
- Fábio Barreto, Brazilian film director (1957–2019)
- Sergio Barreto, Argentine footballer (born 1999)
- Alexandra Barreto, American actress
- Tobias Barreto, Brazilian poet, philosopher, jurist and critic
- André Barreto, Brazilian footballer
- Luiz Carlos Barreto, Brazilian film producer (1928–2026)
- Ibson, Brazilian footballer

## Similar surnames

Barrett, Barta, Barto, Bartee, Barrette, Bart, Bartow, Barratt, Barret, Bardo, Berrett, Barreda.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.