The Barel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 115 people carried this name — #134,929 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 460 people named Barel.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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
53 people named Barel live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barel.
- Bardol 150 · U.S. census
- Bardon 766 · U.S. census
- Bardot 137 · U.S. census
- Bardy 338 · U.S. census
- Bare 6,724 · U.S. census
- Barea 177 · U.S. census
- Barella 395 · U.S. census
- Barelli 112 · U.S. census
- Bares 1,023 · U.S. census
- Baret 201 · U.S. census
- Barette 133 · U.S. census
- Bargas 2,517 · U.S. census
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