The Barone surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,758 people carried this name — #2,826 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 12,208 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Barone surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From barone (“baron”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Barone» (Italian), 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 3,564 people named Barone 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
607 people named Barone live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 596 people named Barone.
274 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 225 people named Barone 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Barone in American newspapers,
1909–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,423 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barone,
with a public archive behind them.
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Enrico Barone 1859–1924 · economist -
Adolfo Carlo Barone 1861–1936 · painter -
Giuseppe Barone 1914–2004 · Catholic priest -
Dick Barone 1932–2015 · baseball player -
Orlando Barone 1941– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 169 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barone.
- Barnes 218,241 · U.S. census
- Barnet 856 · U.S. census
- Barnett 95,681 · U.S. census
- Barnier 396 · U.S. census
- Baro 1,258 · U.S. census
- Baron 16,308 · 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
- Baroudi 253 · U.S. census
- Barousse 368 · U.S. census
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