The Barraza surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,030 people carried this name — #2,004 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,400 people counted. That is up 34% from 13,430 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 27,288 people named Barraza 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 12,449
Santiago del Estero 5,597
Tucumán 3,244
Santa Fe 1,284
Córdoba 957
City of Buenos Aires 834
Chaco 650
Salta 483

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Barraza live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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

Where they live today

Bern 11
Aargau 6
Zurich 4

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 the Nordic population registers

35 people named Barraza is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 35

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Barraza in American newspapers,
1887–1927.

Newspaper page from The Evening Bulletin carrying the name Barraza
The Evening Bulletin 1887-12-17
Newspaper page from Idaho Semi-weekly World carrying the name Barraza
Idaho Semi-weekly World 1891-09-29
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Barraza
Evening Star 1927-01-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 420 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Barraza,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dámaso Barraza d. 1927 · military personnel
  • Eduardo Octavio Barraza Henriquez d. 1983 · mechanic
  • Jose Tulio Barraza Guerra d. 1974 · miner
  • Vicente Osvaldo Barraza Henriquez d. 1983 · laborer
  • Francisco Rafael Barraza d. 2003
  • José Loreto Barraza 1787–1843 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Barraza,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States385 records

385 records of the Barraza name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 299
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 43
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 41
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Manuel A. Barraza

    Born 1931; from Grant County, New Mexico. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hector Barraza

    Born 1921 in Mexico. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; clerk from El Paso County, Texas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Pete C. Barraza

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1942, died 1981; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 385 records for Barraza in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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