How common is the surname Barrios?

32,873 people in the United States had the surname Barrios in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,392 Americans. It ranked 1,067th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Barrios?

Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, Argentine professional boxer, followed by Domitila Chungara.

Where is the surname Barrios most common?

Wikidata records people named Barrios in Argentina and Bolivia.

Is the surname Barrios getting more or less common?

More common. 22,941 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,873 in 2010, up 43%.

The surname Barrios

A Spanish surname, carried by 32,873 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Barrios is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

From Spanish, from barrios.

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 32,873 people named Barrios in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,392 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,941.

#1,067

rank among US surnames

32,873

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+43.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,427)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,059	Chaney	33,201	9,299
#1,060	Kidd	33,186	9,303
#1,061	Velasco	33,078	9,334
#1,062	Ngo	33,005	9,355
#1,063	Cheng	32,982	9,361
#1,064	Newell	32,909	9,382
#1,065	Frey	32,904	9,383

Who is named Barrios

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

90% of people named Barrios identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 8.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Two or more races 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Barrioss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jorge Rodrigo Barrios
Argentine professional boxer, born 1976
Domitila Chungara
Bolivian labor leader and feminist (1937–2012)

Notable Barrioss come mostly from Argentina (1) and Bolivia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barrios

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Barrios come from?: From Spanish, from barrios.
How common is the surname Barrios?: 32,873 people in the United States had the surname Barrios in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,392 Americans. It ranked 1,067th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barrios?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Barrios identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Barrios?: Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, Argentine professional boxer, followed by Domitila Chungara.
Where is the surname Barrios most common?: Wikidata records people named Barrios in Argentina and Bolivia.
Is the surname Barrios getting more or less common?: More common. 22,941 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,873 in 2010, up 43%.