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 mapWhere they were born
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 mapWhere they live today
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
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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barra.
- Baros 1,366 · U.S. census
- Barot 446 · U.S. census
- Baroudi 179 · U.S. census
- Barousse 328 · U.S. census
- Baroz 114 · U.S. census
- Barquin 380 · U.S. census
- Barraco 661 · U.S. census
- Barragan 16,021 · U.S. census
- Barral 250 · U.S. census
- Barran 299 · U.S. census
- Barranco 1,945 · U.S. census
- Barrand 307 · U.S. census
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