How common is the surname Barreto?

10,127 people in the United States had the surname Barreto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,487 Americans. It ranked 3,524th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Barreto?

Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director (born 1955), followed by Lima Barreto.

Where is the surname Barreto most common?

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

Is the surname Barreto getting more or less common?

More common. 7,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,127 in 2010, up 41%.

The surname Barreto

A surname, carried by 10,127 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barreto is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,127 people named Barreto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,487 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,209.

#3,524

rank among US surnames

10,127

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+40.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,524)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,515	Weiler	10,160	30,388
#3,516	Lindberg	10,149	30,421
#3,517	Valdovinos	10,147	30,427
#3,518	Colwell	10,140	30,448
#3,521	Culpepper	10,135	30,463
#3,522	Broome	10,133	30,469
#3,523	Shore	10,130	30,478

Who is named Barreto

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

83% of people named Barreto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Barretos

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1982
Tobias Barreto
Brazilian poet, philosopher, jurist and critic, 1839–1889
André Barreto
Brazilian footballer, born 1979
Luiz Carlos Barreto
Brazilian film producer (1928–2026)
Ibson
Brazilian footballer, born 1983

Notable Barretos come mostly from Brazil (7), Paraguay (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barreto

Barreto has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

Questions

How common is the surname Barreto?: 10,127 people in the United States had the surname Barreto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,487 Americans. It ranked 3,524th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barreto?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Barreto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Barreto?: Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director (born 1955), followed by Lima Barreto.
Where is the surname Barreto most common?: Wikidata records people named Barreto in Brazil, Paraguay and the United States.
Is the surname Barreto getting more or less common?: More common. 7,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,127 in 2010, up 41%.