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

Barriga, 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 Barriga surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Barriga in America

Barriga is the 6426th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Barriga surname appeared 5,286 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Barriga.

We can also compare 2010 data for Barriga 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 Barriga

The surname Barriga originates from the Spanish language and has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula, particularly in the regions of Spain and Portugal. The name is believed to have derived from the Spanish word "barriga," which means "belly" or "abdomen."

During the Middle Ages, surnames often emerged as descriptive names based on physical characteristics, occupations, or places of origin. In this case, the surname Barriga may have initially been used as a nickname or descriptive name for someone with a prominent or rotund belly.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Barriga can be traced back to the 13th and 14th centuries in various regions of Spain and Portugal. Some of the earliest documented references include Juan Barriga, a landowner from Seville in the late 13th century, and Pedro Barriga, a merchant from Lisbon in the early 14th century.

In the 15th century, the surname Barriga appears in several historical records, including the chronicles of the Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands. One notable figure was Alonso Barriga, a sailor and explorer who accompanied Juan de Bethencourt's expedition to the Canary Islands in the early 1400s.

Over the centuries, the Barriga surname spread across the Iberian Peninsula and eventually to the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Americas, particularly during the era of exploration and colonization. Prominent individuals with the surname Barriga include:

1. Gaspar Barriga (1550-1621), a Spanish soldier and governor of the Philippines from 1617 to 1621.
2. Pedro Barriga de Souza (1590-1660), a Portuguese explorer and one of the first European settlers in the region of Pernambuco, Brazil.
3. Juan Barriga y Espinosa (1630-1705), a Spanish Baroque painter known for his religious works in Spain and Mexico.
4. Nicolás Barriga (1790-1858), a Chilean military officer and politician who served as the Minister of War and Navy during the early years of Chile's independence.
5. Andrés Barriga Monardes (1825-1890), a Chilean novelist and poet, considered one of the pioneers of the Romantic literary movement in Chile.

The surname Barriga has also been associated with various place names and localities throughout Spain and Portugal, reflecting the widespread distribution of the name over time.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Barriga

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

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 Barriga 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 Barriga 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 Barriga was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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