The Barrios surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 32,873 people carried this name — #1,067 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,980 people counted. That is up 43% from 22,941 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Barrios surname
From Spanish, from barrios.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Barrios» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 88,010 people named Barrios 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
115 people named Barrios live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Barrios.
Most of them — 50 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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 the Nordic population registers
41 people named Barrios is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Barrios in American newspapers,
1897–1904.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 102,836 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barrios,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gerardo Barrios 1813–1865 · politician -
Vicente Barrios 1825–1868 · military personnel -
Manuel C. Barrios 1845–1920 · physician -
Alejo Barrios 1845–1909 · politician -
Ángel Barrios 1874–1940 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 220 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barrios.
- Barrial 157 · U.S. census
- Barrie 3,154 · U.S. census
- Barrier 3,002 · U.S. census
- Barriera 200 · U.S. census
- Barriere 761 · U.S. census
- Barrio 969 · U.S. census
- Barris 1,348 · U.S. census
- Barro 693 · U.S. census
- Barrois 223 · U.S. census
- Barron 52,070 · U.S. census
- Barros 7,134 · U.S. census
- Barroso 5,333 · U.S. census
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