The Barral surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 323 people carried this name — #62,045 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 29% from 250 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,183 people named Barral.
63 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Gard.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 1,743 people named Barral 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
80 people named Barral live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Barral,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Augustin Barral 1819–1884 · chemist -
Emiliano Barral 1896–1936 · politician -
Pierre Barral 1700–1772 · writer
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Émilie Noro 1839–1910 · communard
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Georges Barral 1842–1913 · writer
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Léon Barral 1848–1886 · explorer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barral.
- Barousse 368 · U.S. census
- Baroz 114 · U.S. census
- Barquin 451 · U.S. census
- Barra 2,639 · U.S. census
- Barraco 618 · U.S. census
- Barragan 23,176 · U.S. census
- Barran 316 · U.S. census
- Barranco 2,808 · U.S. census
- Barrand 289 · U.S. census
- Barranger 149 · U.S. census
- Barras 2,512 · U.S. census
- Barre 2,205 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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