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

The Barra surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,195 people carried this name — #12,851 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 123,500 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,116 people named Barra.

173 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 173
Bouches-du-Rhône 227
Nord 110
Paris 72
Alpes-Maritimes 69
Var 64
Pas-de-Calais 52
Gironde 31
Moselle 28

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

In Poland’s population register

202 people named Barra have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 258 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Pomeranian 141
Warmian-Masurian 17
West Pomeranian 15
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 11
Masovian 9
Silesian 7
Subcarpathian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

138 people named Barra live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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

Where they live today

Ticino 40
Aargau 32
Vaud 20
Zurich 20
Geneva 10
Graubünden 5
Basel-Landschaft 4
St. Gallen 4

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.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 54 people named Barra 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 West Flanders.

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

Where they live today

West Flanders 26
East Flanders 18
Antwerp 10

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

When the index is not enough

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