# Barro (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/barro/  
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) | 693 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,036 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 445,520 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (604 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from the noun barro (“clay loam”). * As an Italian surname, variant of Baro. * As a west African surname, probably altered from Ballo, from the Fula personal name Ballo, from ballo (“help”). Compare Bello.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barro 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) | 29% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 43% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 12% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barro in the United States.

## People named Barro

- Robert Barro, American classical macroeconomist

## Similar surnames

Barry, Barr, Barrow, Baer, Bair, Bahr, Burrow, Bare, Barrie, Baur, Barra, Barre.

## 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.