The Barriga surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,286 people carried this name — #6,426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,900 people counted. That is up 42% from 3,711 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,436 people named Barriga 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 Neuquén.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Neuquén 690
Buenos Aires Province 478
Río Negro 445
Mendoza 194
Chubut 175
City of Buenos Aires 138
Salta 103
Santa Cruz 70

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Barriga live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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 9
Basel-Stadt 8
Valais 5
Geneva 4
Zurich 3

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

Barriga in American newspapers,
1916.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Barriga
La Prensa 1916-04-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Barriga,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Enrique Soro Barriga
    Enrique Soro Barriga 1884–1954 · composer
  • Rafael Evaristo Barriga d. 1851 · educator
  • Jose Orlando Barriga Soto d. 1973 · laborer
  • Mario Barriga Arriagada d. 1973 · carabinier
  • Fernanda Barriga 1807–1899 · cook
  • Isidoro Barriga 1854–1894 · Catholic priest

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Barriga,
in the records of 2 countries.

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 States151 records

151 records of the Barriga name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 137
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Arturo Barriga

    Born 1946; from Phoenix, Arizona. U.S. Marine Corps, ammunition technician; died in an accident 1966 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bruno Barriga

    Arrived at New York in 1898 aboard the Spartan Prince from Naples, aged 45; country man. From Gallina, Reggio Di Calabria, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George Barriga

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Santa Fe, New Mexico; farm hand from Presidio County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 151 records for Barriga 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. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain).

France6 records

6 records of the Barriga name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Paule Barriga

    Born 1907 in Spain; died 1990 in Carcassonne (Aude).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marcel Andre Barriga

    Born 1916 in Azillanet (Hérault); died 1979 in Quillan (Aude).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Pedro Barriga

    Born 1934 in Spain; died 2001 in Sauveterre-de-Rouergue (Aveyron).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Barriga in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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