Ybarba Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ybarba Surname Definition:

A prothetic Y and "barba" - beard - is not the origin but a variant of the very popular Basque surname Ybarra or Ibarra, name of a village in Sopelana in Vizcaya documented in 1558. Towns with this name are to be found in Okendo and Ammurrio in Aragon, Guipúzcoa and Lower Navarre meaning "open plain, meadow.

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Ybarba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Ybarba Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A prothetic Y and "barba" - beard - is not the origin but a variant of the very popular Basque surname Ybarra or Ibarra, name of a village in Sopelana in Vizcaya documented in 1558. Towns with this name are to be found in Okendo and Ammurrio in Aragon, Guipúzcoa and Lower Navarre meaning "open plain, meadow."

López-Mendizábal suggests that it is a contraction of the Basque surname Ibarraga from "ibar" - fernery and the suffix of abundance "-aga."

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

Ybarba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ybarba is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ybarba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,742,229th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Ybarba occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ybarba live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Louisiana, where 50 percent are found and Texas, where 50 percent are found.

Ybarba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ybarba has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ybarbas929/
Ybaerba921/
Ybarbo83844/
Ibarba83115/
Y'barbo7714/
Ibarbas7710/
Ibarbaz778/
Ybarrbo773/
Jbarbea771/
Ebarbea771/
Yibarwa771/
Eshbarba711/
Ibarbo672,070/
Ibarbe67301/
Ibarbi6735/
Ybarvo679/
Ibarwa674/
Ebarbo673/
Ibarua672/
Ebarua672/
Ebarwa671/
Ybarve671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ybarba
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