Barat Surname
Approximately 163,023 people bear this surname
Barat Surname User-submission:
Barat, as a Cataln surname, probably comes from Gascon, a dialect of Occitan, and means 'fence'. It comes from the Latin, vallatu. There is another possible origin; from a Germanic first name, Berhard.
Barat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 106,786 | 1:166 | 5 |
| Afghanistan | 24,662 | 1:1,304 | 167 |
| India | 13,066 | 1:58,707 | 4,013 |
| France | 4,720 | 1:14,073 | 1,453 |
| Iran | 4,223 | 1:18,182 | 2,336 |
| Indonesia | 2,403 | 1:55,035 | 6,104 |
| Pakistan | 1,184 | 1:150,882 | 4,097 |
| Philippines | 965 | 1:104,910 | 18,261 |
| Bangladesh | 901 | 1:176,867 | 6,245 |
| Serbia | 448 | 1:15,949 | 1,878 |
| Algeria | 443 | 1:87,204 | 13,425 |
| Romania | 437 | 1:45,945 | 5,736 |
| United States | 402 | 1:901,639 | 67,958 |
| Malaysia | 332 | 1:88,838 | 6,204 |
| Spain | 324 | 1:144,296 | 10,754 |
| Lebanon | 235 | 1:23,988 | 2,718 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Argentina | 137 | 1:311,996 | 24,829 |
| Croatia | 128 | 1:33,036 | 6,772 |
| Ukraine | 103 | 1:441,968 | 52,294 |
| Germany | 73 | 1:1,102,815 | 73,621 |
| Canada | 73 | 1:504,734 | 42,927 |
| Mauritius | 56 | 1:23,097 | 4,635 |
| Slovenia | 56 | 1:44,423 | 7,782 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Russia | 50 | 1:2,882,461 | 158,532 |
| Mexico | 48 | 1:2,585,963 | 21,318 |
| Turkey | 42 | 1:1,852,891 | 66,380 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 32 | 1:186,645 | 18,861 |
| Chile | 31 | 1:568,273 | 13,994 |
| Moldova | 30 | 1:118,712 | 13,533 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Hungary | 25 | 1:392,651 | 27,081 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Slovakia | 23 | 1:232,020 | 36,711 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Barát (1,324) are calculated separately.
Barat (42,991) may also be a first name.
Barat Surname Meaning
Barat Demographics
Average Male Barat Height
174.76 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Barat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Barat (Arabic: بيراث, Bengali: বরাত, Georgian: ბარათ, Hindi: बरत, Marathi: बारात, Oriya: ବରାଟ, Russian: Барат, Tibetan: བཱ་རཱཏ་) occurs more in Kazakhstan more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Barát. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Barat? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,434th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 44,703 people. The last name Barat occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Barat live; 66 percent live in Central Asia and 66 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. Barat is also the 20,959th most common first name worldwide, borne by 42,991 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Kazakhstan, where it is borne by 106,786 people, or 1 in 166. In Kazakhstan Barat is primarily found in: South Kazakhstan Region, where 100 percent are found, Jambyl Region, where 0 percent are found and Almaty, where 0 percent are found. Besides Kazakhstan this surname occurs in 86 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 15 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.
Barat Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Barat has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 13,400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Barat Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Barat are 2.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.63% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Barat earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 34.45% less than the national average, earning R 155,772 per year; in United States they earn 18.9% more than the national average, earning $51,306 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.18% more than the national average, earning $55,735 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barat in the Tibetan language | ||
| བཱ་རཱཏ་ | barata | - |
| Barat in the Georgian language | ||
| ბარათ | barat | 85.71 |
| ბარატ | barat | 14.29 |
| Barat in the Marathi language | ||
| बारात | barata | 77.8 |
| भरत | bharata | 7.15 |
| बराट | barata | 2.86 |
| बरात | barata | 2.28 |
| बारत | barata | 1.75 |
| बरत | barata | 1.54 |
| बारट | barata | 0.9 |
| बरट | barata | 0.64 |
| बाबत | babata | 0.11 |
| बाराव | barava | 0.11 |
| बारान | barana | 0.11 |
| बारोट | barota | 0.11 |
| बारकु | baraku | 0.11 |
| ारत | arata | 0.05 |
| बॅरट | berata | 0.05 |
| बारी | bari | 0.05 |
| भार | bhara | 0.05 |
| Barat in the Hindi language | ||
| बरत | barata | 62.18 |
| बराट | barata | 14.1 |
| बरात | barata | 8.33 |
| भरत | bharata | 7.05 |
| बारट | barata | 1.92 |
| बारात | barata | 1.28 |
| बारता | barata | 1.28 |
| बारत | barata | 0.64 |
| ब्रत | brata | 0.64 |
| बरात् | barat | 0.64 |
| Barat in the Oriya language | ||
| ବରାଟ | barata | 49.06 |
| ବରତ | barata | 22.01 |
| ବରାତ | barata | 17.61 |
| ବାରତ | barata | 2.52 |
| ବରଟ | barata | 1.89 |
| ବରାତ୍ | barat | 1.26 |
| ବରାଡ | barada | 1.26 |
| ବାରାଟ | barata | 0.63 |
| Barat in the Bengali language | ||
| বরাত | barata | 37.5 |
| বরত | barata | 25 |
| বরৎ | barat | 12.5 |
| ভারত | bharata | 12.5 |
| ভরত | bharata | 12.5 |
| Barat in the Russian language | ||
| Барат | barat | - |
| Barat in the Arabic language | ||
| بيراث | byrath | - |
| عبارة | bart | - |
| بارة | bart | - |
| براءت | brat | - |
| برأة | brat | - |
| بارعة | bart | - |
| براءة | brat | - |
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