# Barroso (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/barroso/  
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 | Galician |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,333 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,381 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 57,893 people |
| Change since 2000 | +47% (3,628 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Barroso, a topographic surname for someone who lived in a muddy and loamy area, from barroso (“muddy”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barroso 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) | 15% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 81% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barroso in Brazil, Argentina and the Kingdom of Portugal.

## People named Barroso

- Ary Barroso, Brazilian composer and musician (1903–1964)
- Julio Barroso, Argentine footballer
- Graziela Barroso, Brazilian botanist, botanical collector and university teacher (1912-2003)
- Gustavo Barroso, Brazilian writer and diplomat (1888–1959)
- Inezita Barroso, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- Francisco Manuel Barroso, Baron of Amazonas, Brazilian admiral (1804–1882)
- Agustina Barroso, Argentinian association football player
- Wellington Dias, Brazilian politician

## Similar surnames

Barrios, Barraza, Burrows, Berrios, Barrows, Barros, Barras, Barrus, Barris, Barrs, Baros, Barocio.

## 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.