Barcelona Surname

23,837th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,708 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Barcelona Surname User-submission:

Barceló is a Catalan surname. It's the masculine form of Barcelona, the Catalan capital.

Barcelona Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines16,7571:6,042515
Spain1,7521:26,6852,756
United States1,5451:234,60122,538
Egypt5491:167,46012,562
Argentina4811:88,8647,485
Saudi Arabia3581:86,18912,374
Morocco2731:126,28622,036
Uruguay2471:13,8941,569
France1381:481,32467,982
Canada1021:361,23132,546
Honduras811:108,8451,756
Indonesia641:2,066,394128,621
Brazil631:3,398,00596,455
Singapore561:98,3524,171
England311:1,797,35772,927
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Colombia171:2,810,24014,126
Mexico161:7,757,88835,569
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Belize141:25,3911,935
Venezuela111:2,745,82529,869
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Qatar61:393,00055,922
India51:153,413,076951,030
Jordan41:2,210,60920,372
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Tonga11:107,313791
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Barceloña (124) are calculated separately.

Barcelona (270) may also be a first name.

Barcelona Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Barceló is a Catalan surname. It's the masculine form of Barcelona, the Catalan capital.

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Barcelona Last Name Facts

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

The surname Barcelona (Oriya: ବାେଷର୍େଲାନା) occurs most in The Philippines. It can be found as a variant: Barceloña. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Barcelona? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 23,837th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 320,924 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Barcelona are found; 74 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 72 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 541,116th most frequent given name in the world It is held by 270 people.

It is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is held by 16,757 people, or 1 in 6,042. In The Philippines it is most common in: Calabarzon, where 19 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 14 percent are found and Western Visayas, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name is found in 73 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Barcelona Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Barcelona has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 51,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Barcelona Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Barcelona surname are 4.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.6% registered with the political party.

The amount Barcelona earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 13.43% less than the national average, earning $19,653,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.39% more than the national average, earning $46,336 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.81% less than the national average, earning $48,784 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Barcelona Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Barcelona in the Oriya language
ବାେଷର୍େଲାନାbaesarelana-

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