The Barron surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 52,070 people carried this name — #656 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,670 people counted. That is up 13% from 46,196 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 43 births for the Barron name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,900 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 2 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim, Donegal, Wexford, and Waterford.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 826 people named Barron 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 480 people named Barron.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
20 people named Barron live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Stadt.
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 print
Barron in American newspapers,
1910–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 183,179 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Barron,
with a public archive behind them.
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Archibald F. Barron d. 1903 · gardener
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Catherine Purgavie Dunlop d. 1973
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Anna Leigh Guy Page-Turner d. 1852
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Katherine Elizabeth Barron d. 1909
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Eliza Netterville d. 1841
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Esme Katherine Mary Lloyd d. 1952
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Barron.
- Barriere 761 · U.S. census
- Barrio 969 · U.S. census
- Barrios 32,873 · U.S. census
- Barris 1,348 · U.S. census
- Barro 693 · U.S. census
- Barrois 223 · 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
- Barsalou 255 · U.S. census
- Barsamian 503 · U.S. census
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