How common is the surname Barroso?

5,333 people in the United States had the surname Barroso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,893 Americans. It ranked 6,381st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Barroso?

Ary Barroso, Brazilian composer and musician (1903–1964), followed by Julio Barroso.

Where is the surname Barroso most common?

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

Is the surname Barroso getting more or less common?

More common. 3,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,333 in 2010, up 47%.

The surname Barroso

A Galician place surname, carried by 5,333 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). Barroso is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Galician origin

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

Barroso is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,333 people named Barroso in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,893 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,628.

#6,381

rank among US surnames

5,333

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+47%

change since 2000 (was #8,377)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,377	Mickens	5,339	57,828
#6,378	Skeen	5,338	57,839
#6,379	Curl	5,335	57,872
#6,381	Robey	5,333	57,893
#6,384	Spinelli	5,332	57,904

Who is named Barroso

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

81% of people named Barroso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
White (not Hispanic) 15%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Barrosos

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ary Barroso
Brazilian composer and musician (1903–1964)
Julio Barroso
Argentine footballer, born 1985
Graziela Barroso
Brazilian botanist, botanical collector and university teacher (1912-2003)
Gustavo Barroso
Brazilian writer and diplomat (1888–1959)
Inezita Barroso
Brazilian singer-songwriter, 1925–2015
Francisco Manuel Barroso, Baron of Amazonas
Brazilian admiral (1804–1882)
Agustina Barroso
Argentinian association football player, born 1993
Wellington Dias
Brazilian politician, born 1962

Notable Barrosos come mostly from Brazil (5), Argentina (2) and the Kingdom of Portugal (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Barroso

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

Other Galician surnames

All 34 Galician surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Barroso come from?: Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Barroso, a topographic surname for someone who lived in a muddy and loamy area, from barroso (“muddy”).
How common is the surname Barroso?: 5,333 people in the United States had the surname Barroso in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,893 Americans. It ranked 6,381st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Barroso?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Barroso identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Barroso?: Ary Barroso, Brazilian composer and musician (1903–1964), followed by Julio Barroso.
Where is the surname Barroso most common?: Wikidata records people named Barroso in Brazil, Argentina and the Kingdom of Portugal.
What type of surname is Barroso?: Barroso is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Barroso getting more or less common?: More common. 3,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,333 in 2010, up 47%.