The Baro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,258 people carried this name — #20,937 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted. That is up 258% from 351 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Baro surname
As a Spanish and Catalan surname, from baró (“free man”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Baro» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 537 people named Baro 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 344 people named Baro.
76 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Baro 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 East Flanders.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Baro live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zug.
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
30 people named Baro 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).
Who carried it
People named Baro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Balthazar Baro 1596–1650 · writer -
Alicia Baro 1918–2012 · human rights defender
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Gregorio Baro 1928–2012 · chemist
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Hervé Baro 1947– · politician
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Gérard Baro 1947– · politician
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Justin Damo Baro 1952– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Baro.
- Barletta 1,440 · U.S. census
- Barnabe 104 · U.S. census
- Barnes 218,241 · U.S. census
- Barnet 856 · U.S. census
- Barnett 95,681 · U.S. census
- Barnier 396 · U.S. census
- Baron 16,308 · U.S. census
- Barone 12,758 · U.S. census
- Baroni 1,034 · U.S. census
- Baronian 238 · U.S. census
- Baros 1,445 · U.S. census
- Barot 772 · U.S. census
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