The Barat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 238 people carried this name — #79,846 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 232 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,953 people named Barat.
41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 93 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 122 people named Barat live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Barat live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 the Nordic population registers
41 people named Barat 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 Barat,
with a public archive behind them.
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Madeleine Sophie Barat 1779–1865 · nun -
Madeleine Sophie Barat 1779–1865 · nun -
Nicolas Barat 1650–1706 · orientalist
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Madeleine Sophie Barat 1779–1865 · nun
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Jean Baptiste Barat 1855–1931 · photographer
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Joseph Edouard Barat 1882–1963 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barat.
- 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
- Baras 217 · U.S. census
- Barata 309 · U.S. census
- Barats 120 · U.S. census
- Baratta 1,994 · U.S. census
- Baratto 148 · U.S. census
- Baray 528 · U.S. census
- Barb 1,839 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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