The Barro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 693 people carried this name — #33,036 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 15% from 604 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,713 people named Barro 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 140 people named Barro.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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
105 people named Barro live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 55 people named Barro live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Barro,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Barro González 1873–1943 · businessperson -
Alejandro Barro 1901– · entomologist
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Alejandro Barro-Cañamero 1901– · entomologist
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Dianguinaba Barro 1929– · businessperson
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Andrea Barro 1931–2018 · sport cyclist
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Teresa Barro 1936– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barro.
- Barrier 3,002 · U.S. census
- Barriera 200 · U.S. census
- Barriere 761 · U.S. census
- Barrio 969 · U.S. census
- Barrios 32,873 · U.S. census
- Barris 1,348 · 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
- Barry 47,274 · U.S. census
- Bars 254 · U.S. census
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