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    The surname Barrientos

    A Spanish surname, carried by 18,877 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B653

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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). Barrientos is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish Barrientos.

    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 18,877 people named Barrientos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,356 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,690.

    #1,905
    rank among US surnames
    18,877
    people in 2010
    6.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,620)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,896Tobin18,93216,308
    #1,897Zaragoza18,90816,329
    #1,898Isaac18,90316,333
    #1,899Spaulding18,90216,334
    #1,900Keys18,89916,337
    #1,901Sylvester18,89616,339
    #1,902Nowak18,89116,344

    Who is named Barrientos

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

    94% of people named Barrientos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Barrientoss

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Claudio Barrientos
      Boxer, 1936–1982
    • Pablo Barrientos Gallina
      Argentine footballer, born 1985
    • Margarita Barrientos
      Argentinian activist, born 1961
    • Fernando Barrientos
      Argentine footballer, born 1991

    Notable Barrientoss come mostly from Argentina (3) and Chile (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Barrientos

    Barrientos has the Soundex code B653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B653.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Barrientos come from?
    From Spanish Barrientos.
    How common is the surname Barrientos?
    18,877 people in the United States had the surname Barrientos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,356 Americans. It ranked 1,905th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Barrientos?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Barrientos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Barrientos?
    Claudio Barrientos, boxer, followed by Pablo Barrientos Gallina.
    Where is the surname Barrientos most common?
    Wikidata records people named Barrientos in Argentina and Chile.
    Is the surname Barrientos getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,877 in 2010, up 49%.