The Barata surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 309 people carried this name — #64,388 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 28% from 241 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
150 people named Barata live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 85 people named Barata.
Most of them — 66 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Tarn-et-Garonne.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 81 people named Barata 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.
Who carried it
People named Barata,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cipriano Barata 1762–1838 · physician -
Antoni Barata i Matas 1772–1850 · lawyer -
António Francisco Barata 1836–1910 · writer -
Jaime Martins Barata 1899–1970 · painter -
Francisco Barata y Montañá 1401–1499 · writer
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Domingos Barata 1650–1709 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barata.
- 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
- Barat 238 · 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
- Barba 11,043 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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