The Barraco surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 618 people carried this name — #36,246 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 7% from 661 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Barraco surname
A surname from Arabic.
From Arabic براق (barrāq, “shining, lustrous”), probably used as a nickname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Barraco» (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 457 people named Barraco 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 Mendoza.
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 204 people named Barraco.
Most of them — 161 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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
29 people named Barraco live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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.
Who carried it
People named Barraco,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Barraco 1957– · basketball player
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Antonino Barraco 1964– · association football player
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Mónica Barraco 1973– · writer
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Tati Quebra Barraco 1979– · singer
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Tati Quebra Barraco 1980– · singer
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Federico Barraco 2007– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barraco.
- Barot 772 · U.S. census
- Baroudi 253 · U.S. census
- Barousse 368 · U.S. census
- Baroz 114 · U.S. census
- Barquin 451 · U.S. census
- Barra 2,639 · U.S. census
- Barragan 23,176 · U.S. census
- Barral 323 · U.S. census
- Barran 316 · U.S. census
- Barranco 2,808 · U.S. census
- Barrand 289 · U.S. census
- Barranger 149 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Barraco is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.