Barreto Surname
Approximately 469,941 people bear this surname
Barreto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 196,408 | 1:1,090 | 126 |
| Venezuela | 46,885 | 1:644 | 124 |
| Colombia | 42,953 | 1:1,112 | 240 |
| Argentina | 29,404 | 1:1,454 | 201 |
| Paraguay | 23,747 | 1:305 | 72 |
| Peru | 19,021 | 1:1,671 | 277 |
| Mexico | 18,002 | 1:6,895 | 799 |
| Mozambique | 14,832 | 1:1,838 | 442 |
| East Timor | 13,032 | 1:93 | 28 |
| United States | 9,682 | 1:37,436 | 4,633 |
| Portugal | 8,785 | 1:1,186 | 193 |
| Angola | 7,690 | 1:3,510 | 526 |
| Ecuador | 7,011 | 1:2,269 | 399 |
| Uruguay | 5,614 | 1:611 | 69 |
| Spain | 5,152 | 1:9,075 | 1,078 |
| Puerto Rico | 4,570 | 1:777 | 120 |
| India | 4,052 | 1:189,305 | 11,475 |
| Cuba | 3,203 | 1:3,597 | 468 |
| Philippines | 2,544 | 1:39,795 | 6,221 |
| Bolivia | 2,080 | 1:5,104 | 704 |
| Nicaragua | 814 | 1:7,397 | 620 |
| Cape Verde | 696 | 1:761 | 83 |
| France | 586 | 1:113,349 | 16,989 |
| England | 410 | 1:135,898 | 13,318 |
| Canada | 383 | 1:96,203 | 10,471 |
| Indonesia | 376 | 1:351,727 | 30,426 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 328 | 1:541 | 101 |
| Dominican Republic | 270 | 1:38,640 | 2,109 |
| South Africa | 205 | 1:264,281 | 26,485 |
| Chile | 189 | 1:93,209 | 3,564 |
| Switzerland | 109 | 1:75,348 | 8,812 |
| Panama | 99 | 1:39,518 | 2,105 |
| Australia | 86 | 1:313,904 | 27,145 |
| Germany | 86 | 1:936,110 | 65,790 |
| Italy | 52 | 1:1,176,090 | 74,216 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 44 | 1:2,254 | 360 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Costa Rica | 37 | 1:129,191 | 1,972 |
| Netherlands | 36 | 1:469,088 | 46,010 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Ireland | 28 | 1:168,176 | 7,397 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Scotland | 26 | 1:205,916 | 10,908 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Czechia | 17 | 1:625,498 | 60,070 |
| Senegal | 17 | 1:857,608 | 2,905 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Guatemala | 14 | 1:1,148,762 | 5,372 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| El Salvador | 7 | 1:906,270 | 3,798 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Macau | 5 | 1:120,326 | 534 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Barrêto (23) & Barretó (2) are calculated separately.
Barreto (235) may also be a first name.
Barreto Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Galician name originating in Portugal.
User-submitted Reference
It is a Portuguese surname, a metonymic occupational name for a 'cap maker', from the word barrette, meaning 'cap'. This surname can be found in old Portugal colonies, like Brazil and Macau, it also arrived to India and other parts of the New World.
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Average Barreto Salary in
United States
$40,147 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Barreto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barreto Come From? nationality or country of origin
Barreto (Marathi: बरेटो, Russian: Баррето) is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Barrêto or Barretó. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Barreto? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,136th most common last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 15,507 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Barreto are found; 79 percent are found in South America and 42 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 584,346th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 235 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 196,408 people, or 1 in 1,090. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Bahia, where 20 percent reside, São Paulo, where 18 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 17 percent reside. Other than Brazil Barreto occurs in 117 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 10 percent reside and Colombia, where 9 percent reside.
Barreto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Barreto has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Barreto surname increased 322,733 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 2,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Barreto Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Barreto surname are 40.79% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.02% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Barreto earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 32.86% less than the national average, earning €20,163 per year; in Peru they earn 1.56% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,688 per year; in South Africa they earn 34.06% more than the national average, earning R 318,588 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.02% more than the national average, earning $22,707,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.96% less than the national average, earning $40,147 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.7% more than the national average, earning $54,500 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barreto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barreto in the Marathi language | ||
| बरेटो | bareto | 42.42 |
| बरेटे | barete | 12.12 |
| बॅरेटो | bereto | 9.09 |
| बारेटो | bareto | 9.09 |
| बाररेटो | barareto | 9.09 |
| बेरेटो | bereto | 6.06 |
| बरेटटो | baretato | 3.03 |
| बरीटो | barito | 3.03 |
| बरॉटो | baroto | 3.03 |
| बँरोटो | bamroto | 3.03 |
| Barreto in the Russian language | ||
| Баррето | barreto | - |
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