The Baraka surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 221 people carried this name — #84,748 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 56% from 142 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Baraka surname
Borrowed from Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka, “blessing”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Baraka» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Baraka.
34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often La Réunion.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Baraka live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 30 people named Baraka live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
87 people named Baraka is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Baraka,
with a public archive behind them.
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Amiri Baraka 1934–2014 · screenwriter
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Amiri Baraka 1934–2014 · screenwriter
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Che Baraka 1953– · visual artist
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Ajamu Baraka 1954– · politician
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Nizar Baraka 1964– · politician
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Sho Baraka 1979– · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Baraka.
- Baraban 118 · U.S. census
- Barabas 596 · U.S. census
- Barabe 225 · U.S. census
- Baracco 126 · U.S. census
- Barach 339 · U.S. census
- Barada 304 · U.S. census
- Baral 677 · U.S. census
- Baraldi 149 · U.S. census
- Baran 6,640 · U.S. census
- Baranek 575 · U.S. census
- Baranowski 2,961 · U.S. census
- Baranski 1,231 · U.S. census
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