Barragana Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Barragana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barragana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2501:856,29730,890
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Barragana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Barragana has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Barragana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Barragana is the 1,001,271st most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 28,578,611 people. Barragana occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Barragana live; 98 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 856,297. In Brazil it is most common in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 90 percent live, Santa Catarina, where 7 percent live and São Paulo, where 2 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Chile, where 0 percent live.

Barragana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Barragana has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Barragana surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Barragana
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