Barrientos Surname

2,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246,225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
El Salvador

Barrientos Surname Definition:

This is a Leonese name from Astorga. Found throughout the Peninsula and also Colombia.

Barrientos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico54,0981:2,294335
Philippines26,0341:3,889292
Argentina25,9841:1,645219
Chile22,7291:775174
Peru19,8211:1,604266
Guatemala17,6501:911153
United States14,8441:24,4183,083
Bolivia11,7381:904186
Colombia11,3421:4,212661
El Salvador9,0211:703145
Honduras7,8941:1,117239
Venezuela6,2371:4,843610
Spain5,8931:7,933964
Costa Rica3,5211:1,358234
Paraguay3,3491:2,161308
Cuba1,7431:6,611694
Dominican Republic1,0171:10,259845
Uruguay5071:6,769746
Brazil4991:429,00716,284
Ecuador4891:32,5273,846
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Nicaragua2451:24,5761,051
France1801:369,01554,985
Canada1781:206,99820,123
Belize1631:2,181481
Australia811:333,28028,364
Singapore641:86,0583,478
Germany581:1,388,02586,120
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
England581:960,65648,451
Panama461:85,0493,429
Switzerland371:221,97118,930
Italy351:1,747,33485,249
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
Puerto Rico211:169,0542,039
Luxembourg201:29,0275,175
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Sweden101:984,67673,605
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Norway81:642,78647,258
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Wales51:618,90625,852
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
China21:683,660,78330,601
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Liechtenstein21:19,1891,439
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Dominica11:75,891912
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Barrieñtos (1) are calculated separately.

Barrientos (107) may also be a first name.

Barrientos Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This is a Leonese name from Astorga. Found throughout the Peninsula and also Colombia.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

Barrientos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Barrientos (Russian: Барриентос) occurs more in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Barrieñtos. Click here to see other possible spellings of Barrientos.

How Common Is The Last Name Barrientos? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,228th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 29,597 people. The surname Barrientos occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Barrientos live; 42 percent live in South America and 22 percent live in Hispano-North America. Barrientos is also the 910,230th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 107 people.

Barrientos is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is carried by 54,098 people, or 1 in 2,294. In Mexico it is most frequent in: Guanajuato, where 14 percent are found, México, where 12 percent are found and Veracruz, where 9 percent are found. Not including Mexico this surname exists in 85 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 11 percent are found and Argentina, where 11 percent are found.

Barrientos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Barrientos has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Barrientos surname expanded 185,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Barrientos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Barrientos last name are 43.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.55% registered with the party.

The amount Barrientos earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 45.04% less than the national average, earning 190,191 kr per year; in Peru they earn 4.9% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,436 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.71% more than the national average, earning $23,544,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 18.24% less than the national average, earning $35,278 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.95% more than the national average, earning $50,154 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Barrientos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Barrientos in the Russian language
Барриентосbarrientos-

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