# Barron (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/barron/  
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 | Scottish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 52,070 |
| US rank (2010) | 656 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,929 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (46,196 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, from Scots baron, sometimes found as McBarron; see Baron. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), a personal name from bior (“spear”). See Barnes, Barrington. * As a Spanish surname, augmentative of Barro. * As a French and Spanish surname, variant of Baron.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barron 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) | 46% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 43% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barron in the United States.

## People named Barron

- Kayla Barron, American astronaut
- Robert Barron, American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, author, scholar and Catholic evangelist.
- Dana Barron, American actress
- Kenny Barron, American jazz pianist
- Harold Barron, athletics competitor (1894–1978)
- Earl Barron, American basketball player (born 1981)
- Jaylen Barron, American child actor, film actor and actor
- William Wallace Barron, American politician (1911-2002)
- Alex Barron, American racing driver
- James Barron, American naval officer (1768-1851)
- Clarence W. Barron, American newspaper publisher

## Similar surnames

Brown, Baron, Barney, Barone, Byron, Baran, Barna, Biron, Bran, Breon, Baroni, Brion.

## 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.