The Barreira surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 436 people carried this name — #48,436 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 3% from 450 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 863 people named Barreira 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
207 people named Barreira live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Barreira.
Most of them — 59 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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.
Who carried it
People named Barreira,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Barreira 1873–1920 · rejoneador -
Francisco Barreira 1873–1920 · rejoneador
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Átila Barreira do Amaral 1886–1951 · politician -
Dolor Barreira 1893–1967 · teacher -
Baltasar Barreira 1531–1612 · Catholic priest
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Américo Barreira 1868–1910 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barreira.
- 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
- Barreiro 2,125 · U.S. census
- Barrera 60,998 · U.S. census
- Barrere 312 · U.S. census
- Barrero 704 · U.S. census
- Barres 242 · U.S. census
- Barresi 1,123 · U.S. census
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