Barbaro surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Barbaro surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,112 people carried this name — #22,989 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted. That is down 6% from 1,178 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 997 people named Barbaro 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 388
Misiones 279
City of Buenos Aires 94
Santa Fe 74
Córdoba 39
Tucumán 38
Mendoza 34
Río Negro 20

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 184 people named Barbaro.

41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Tarn.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 41
Tarn 37
Bouches-du-Rhône 28
Vaucluse 13
Alpes-Maritimes 12
Haute-Garonne 8
Vosges 6
Ariège 4
Haut-Rhin 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

145 people named Barbaro live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 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

Vaud 39
Uri 24
Ticino 22
Geneva 16
Zurich 15
Bern 8
Valais 7
Neuchâtel 6

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.

Who carried it

People named Barbaro,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ermolao Barbaro
    Ermolao Barbaro 1453–1493 · writer
  • Francesco Barbaro 1390–1454 · politician
  • Ermolao Barbaro 1410–1471 · bishop
  • Giosafat Barbaro 1413–1494 · judge
  • Niccolò Barbaro 1420–1494 · writer
  • Zaccaria Barbaro 1420–1492 · diplomat

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Barbaro is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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