Find out how popular the last name Barbeito is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Barbeito.

Barbeito, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Barbeito surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Barbeito in America

Barbeito is the 98982nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Barbeito surname appeared 183 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Barbeito.

We can also compare 2010 data for Barbeito to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Barbeito

The surname Barbeito originated in the Spanish regions of Galicia and Asturias during the medieval period. It is derived from the Galician words "barba" meaning beard and "ito" a diminutive suffix. Therefore, it likely referred to a physical characteristic of having a small or diminutive beard.

Barbeito is a toponymic surname, meaning it originated from a specific place name. In this case, it likely referred to a small village or hamlet in Galicia named Barbeito or something similar. Many surnames evolved from descriptive nicknames in this way during the Middle Ages as people needed to distinguish themselves from others with the same given name.

One of the earliest records of the Barbeito name dates back to the 13th century in the Tumbo de Fidreiros, an ancient Galician manuscript that documented land transactions. A certain Domingo Barbeito is listed as a landholder in this text from around 1240 AD.

The surname appears again in the early 14th century Tax Rolls of the Kingdom of Castile, specifically in records from the town of Oviedo in Asturias. An Alonso Barbeito is recorded as a taxpayer there in 1312.

In later centuries, the name spread throughout Spain and into Spanish colonies in the Americas, particularly Cuba, Mexico, and parts of South America. Notable bearers include Pedro Barbeito (1615-1677), a Spanish nobleman and military officer who fought in the Thirty Years War.

Other prominent individuals were Bernardo Barbeito (1712-1788), a Galician priest and scholar, and José Barbeito (1826-1899), a Cuban political activist involved in the struggle for independence from Spain. Mercedes Barbeito (1921-2008) was a respected Cuban human rights advocate.

Historically, varying spellings of the place name included Barbeytos, Berbeyto, and Barveyto before the modern standardized form of Barbeito became established across the Spanish-speaking world.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Barbeito

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Barbeito.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Barbeito was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Barbeito has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Barbeito was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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