The Barka surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 176 people carried this name — #102,197 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 179 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Barka.
Most of them — 54 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Barka live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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/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
286 people named Barka are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Barka in American newspapers,
1881–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,238 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barka,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mehdi Ben Barka 1920–1965 · writer -
Mehdi Ben Barka 1920– · writer
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Tibor Barka 1926–2012 · university teacher
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Aykut Barka 1951–2002 · geologist
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Emese Barka 1989– · amateur wrestler
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Fatimé Barka Serge 1998– · judoka
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barka.
- Baric 211 · U.S. census
- Baril 2,046 · U.S. census
- Barile 1,735 · U.S. census
- Barin 237 · U.S. census
- Baris 432 · U.S. census
- Bariteau 288 · U.S. census
- Barkat 237 · U.S. census
- Barker 87,162 · U.S. census
- Barland 163 · U.S. census
- Barlatier 158 · U.S. census
- Barlet 343 · U.S. census
- Barletta 1,440 · U.S. census
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