Barba Surname
Approximately 101,069 people bear this surname
Barba Surname Definition:
One with hair on his chin, a beard; one who came from Barba (beard), in Spain.
Castilian name found throughout the Peninsula.
Read More About This SurnameBarba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 25,270 | 1:4,912 | 629 |
| Spain | 15,106 | 1:3,095 | 367 |
| United States | 11,303 | 1:32,067 | 4,004 |
| Philippines | 10,931 | 1:9,262 | 856 |
| Bolivia | 9,332 | 1:1,138 | 229 |
| Italy | 5,872 | 1:10,415 | 1,590 |
| Ecuador | 4,759 | 1:3,342 | 576 |
| Peru | 2,687 | 1:11,829 | 1,617 |
| Panama | 2,153 | 1:1,817 | 289 |
| Argentina | 1,875 | 1:22,796 | 1,897 |
| Colombia | 1,839 | 1:25,978 | 1,780 |
| France | 1,483 | 1:44,789 | 5,693 |
| Brazil | 1,423 | 1:150,439 | 5,754 |
| Nigeria | 804 | 1:220,327 | 13,019 |
| Moldova | 728 | 1:4,892 | 725 |
| Nicaragua | 554 | 1:10,868 | 752 |
| Romania | 493 | 1:40,726 | 5,182 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Cuba | 318 | 1:36,235 | 1,703 |
| Chile | 275 | 1:64,060 | 2,687 |
| Australia | 244 | 1:110,638 | 12,326 |
| Canada | 219 | 1:168,245 | 16,926 |
| Ukraine | 216 | 1:210,753 | 28,308 |
| Portugal | 208 | 1:50,088 | 2,835 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Russia | 200 | 1:720,615 | 60,831 |
| England | 166 | 1:335,651 | 24,624 |
| Cameroon | 164 | 1:126,641 | 14,369 |
| Germany | 164 | 1:490,887 | 42,238 |
| Transnistria | 154 | 1:3,082 | 499 |
| Niger | 147 | 1:130,558 | 4,993 |
| Dominican Republic | 139 | 1:75,057 | 3,477 |
| Belgium | 114 | 1:100,848 | 15,329 |
| Slovenia | 104 | 1:23,920 | 5,178 |
| India | 102 | 1:7,520,249 | 162,050 |
| Croatia | 87 | 1:48,605 | 9,385 |
| Turkey | 82 | 1:949,042 | 43,804 |
| Venezuela | 79 | 1:382,330 | 8,042 |
| Greece | 77 | 1:143,893 | 23,795 |
| Switzerland | 69 | 1:119,028 | 12,127 |
| Montenegro | 51 | 1:12,540 | 1,714 |
| Paraguay | 50 | 1:144,735 | 3,026 |
| Taiwan | 40 | 1:586,119 | 4,335 |
| United Arab Emirates | 40 | 1:229,057 | 15,464 |
| Costa Rica | 28 | 1:170,717 | 2,334 |
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Uruguay | 26 | 1:131,991 | 12,009 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Luxembourg | 21 | 1:27,645 | 4,917 |
| El Salvador | 20 | 1:317,194 | 2,462 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Guatemala | 6 | 1:2,680,445 | 6,792 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Cyprus | 5 | 1:176,975 | 8,389 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 151 | 1:332,574 | 25,759 |
The alternate forms: Barbă (247), Barbá (5) & Barbà (2) are calculated separately.
Barba (2,820) may also be a first name.
Barba Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One with hair on his chin, a beard; one who came from Barba (beard), in Spain.
Castilian name found throughout the Peninsula.
User-submitted Reference
Barba comes from the latin family name, Barba. It can also be a nickname for the Catalan (and Spanish) substantive barba, meaning 'beard'.
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Barba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Barba (Arabic: باربا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﺑﻪ, Hindi: बार्ब, Marathi: बाब, Oriya: ବବ, Russian: Барба, Tibetan: བར་བཱ་) occurs in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Barbă, Barbá or Barbà. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Barba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,593rd most widely held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 72,105 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Barba are found; 31 percent are found in North America and 25 percent are found in Hispano-North America. It is also the 137,242nd most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 2,820 people.
It is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is borne by 25,270 people, or 1 in 4,912. In Mexico Barba is most prevalent in: Jalisco, where 46 percent reside, Baja California, where 6 percent reside and Aguascalientes, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Mexico this surname is found in 111 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.
Barba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Barba has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Barba last name grew 7,485 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 16,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Barba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Muslim (84%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Barba last name are 4.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.59% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Barba earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 3.42% less than the national average, earning €29,004 per year; in Norway they earn 40.59% more than the national average, earning 486,537 kr per year; in Peru they earn 8.86% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,103 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.45% less than the national average, earning $18,740,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.38% more than the national average, earning $43,313 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.7% less than the national average, earning $48,836 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﺑﻪ | brbh | - |
| Barba in the Tibetan language | ||
| བར་བཱ་ | barba | - |
| Barba in the Oriya language | ||
| ବବ | baba | - |
| Barba in the Marathi language | ||
| बाब | baba | - |
| Barba in the Hindi language | ||
| बार्ब | barba | 92.31 |
| बर्बा | barba | 7.69 |
| Barba in the Russian language | ||
| Барба | barba | - |
| Barba in the Arabic language | ||
| باربا | barba | - |
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