Barbarossa Surname

134,880th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,336 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Barbarossa Surname User-submission:

An Italian surname, meaning 'red beard'. Such epithets were commonly given to knights and other significant personages.

Barbarossa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy2,5651:23,8434,191
United States2971:1,220,40086,581
France1691:393,03457,995
Belgium681:169,06823,042
Brazil581:3,690,937102,732
Argentina501:854,86855,754
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
England181:3,095,448105,421
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Barbarossa (37) may also be a first name.

Barbarossa Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

An Italian surname, meaning 'red beard'. Such epithets were commonly given to knights and other significant personages.

- edevane

Barbarossa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Barbarossa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Barbarossa is found most frequently in Italy. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Barbarossa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 134,880th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 2,184,516 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Barbarossa live; 77 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 77 percent live in Italic Europe. Barbarossa is also the 1,688,769th most frequent forename worldwide It is held by 37 people.

Barbarossa is most commonly used in Italy, where it is borne by 2,565 people, or 1 in 23,843. In Italy it is most prevalent in: Umbria, where 21 percent reside, Apulia, where 18 percent reside and Marche, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Italy this last name exists in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.

Barbarossa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Barbarossa last name are 12.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.32% registered with the political party.

The amount Barbarossa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 21.47% less than the national average, earning €23,584 per year; in United States they earn 13.41% more than the national average, earning $48,935 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.08% more than the national average, earning $69,598 CAD per year.

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