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

Barrios, 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 Barrios surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Barrios in America

Barrios is the 1067th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Barrios surname appeared 32,873 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 11 people would have the surname Barrios.

We can also compare 2010 data for Barrios 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 Barrios

The surname Barrios has its origins in Spain and can be traced back to the 12th century. It is derived from the Spanish word "barrio," which means "neighborhood" or "district." This suggests that the name was originally given to someone who lived in a particular neighborhood or area.

The earliest known mention of the name dates back to the late 12th century in the Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla, a collection of medieval documents from the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja, Spain. This reference is to a person named Domingo Barrios, who was a landowner in the region.

During the 13th century, the name began to appear more frequently in various records and manuscripts across Spain. One notable example is the Libro de la Montería, a hunting treatise written by King Alfonso XI of Castile in the 14th century, which mentions several individuals with the surname Barrios.

In the 16th century, the name Barrios was found in the census records of the city of Seville, indicating that it was well-established in Andalusia by that time. One of the earliest known individuals with this surname was Juan de Barrios, a Spanish poet and playwright who lived from around 1525 to 1590.

As the Spanish Empire expanded, the surname Barrios was carried to the Americas and other parts of the world. In the 17th century, Pedro Barrios Avellaneda, a Spanish soldier and explorer, was one of the first Europeans to document his journey through the Amazon River basin.

Another notable figure with the surname Barrios was Manuel Barrios, a Mexican military leader and politician who played a significant role in the Mexican War of Independence in the early 19th century. He served as the governor of the State of Mexico from 1824 to 1827.

In the 20th century, one of the most famous individuals with the surname Barrios was Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales, a Guatemalan writer and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967. He was born in 1899 and died in 1974.

Throughout history, the surname Barrios has been found in various spellings, such as Barrio, Barrius, and Barrous, reflecting the regional variations and evolution of the name over time.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Barrios

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

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

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