The Barba surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,043 people carried this name — #3,268 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,700 people counted. That is up 22% from 9,088 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,851 people named Barba 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 537 people named Barba.
78 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Aisne.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
139 people named Barba live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 60 people named Barba 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 Hainaut.
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
29 people named Barba 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).
In print
Barba in American newspapers,
1903–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 48,223 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barba,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pedro Barba d. 1521 · politician
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Joan Barba d. 1920 · association football player
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Juan Barba d. 1594
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Giovanni Giacomo Barba 1490–1565 · Catholic priest
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Josefina Barba 1495–
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Alonso Barba 1524–1595 · architect
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barba.
- 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
- Barbagelata 114 · U.S. census
- Barbaglia 126 · U.S. census
- Barban 362 · U.S. census
- Barbara 2,986 · U.S. census
- Barbare 243 · U.S. census
- Barbaria 289 · U.S. census
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