The Barranco surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,808 people carried this name — #11,257 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted. That is up 44% from 1,945 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 978 people named Barranco 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 206 people named Barranco.
Most of them — 139 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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
35 people named Barranco live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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.
In print
Barranco in American newspapers,
1917–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,165 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barranco,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mariano Barranco 1850–1917 · writer -
José Barranco Borch 1876–1919 · pianist -
Agapito Barranco 1900–2000 · military personnel
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Mercedes Barranco 1925–2008 · stage actor
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Juan Barranco Posada 1931–2009 · bullfighter
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Jorge Gómez Barranco 1943–2026 · musician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barranco.
- Barquin 451 · U.S. census
- Barra 2,639 · U.S. census
- Barraco 618 · U.S. census
- Barragan 23,176 · U.S. census
- Barral 323 · U.S. census
- Barran 316 · 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
- Barreau 342 · U.S. census
- Barreda 1,034 · U.S. census
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