Barra is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Barra
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

The variant of the Niall. An extremely ancient Irish personal name, whence O'Neil, O'Neill, and many of the Neales.

The lastname Barra is the variation of Nellis. The son of Niallghus meaning "champion, choice".

Surname Barra is variant form of the Neely. The son of Conghal meaning "high valor".

Family name is a variant of McNeil. The son of Naill or Neil meaning "champion".

How popular is Barra?

Barra is common in Chile, Italy, Brazil, Philippines, France, Peru, United States, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Bolivia, Portugal, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Chad, Germany, India, Benin, Seychelles, Poland, Algeria, Australia, Venezuela, Indonesia, Iraq, Ecuador, Canada, Niger, Belgium, Switzerland.

Barra is ranked 8956 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Barras grew by 20.23 per cent to 2639 since 2000 and ranked 11865 after elevating 986 spots. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 55.67 63.23
Hispanic or Latino 28.72 24.05
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 8.37 4.78
Black 5.76 6.29
Others 0.87 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61 0
Barra is quite popular family name mostly used in Chile while Seychelles is ahead in terms of density. Around 63321 person has been found who wears Barra as their family name. Barra is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Barra:
208 Chile18,964
740 Italy10,308
Countries with thousands of Barra:
1,279 Brazil7,102
3,907 Philippines3,615
2,739 France2,834
1,636 Peru2,648
14,573 United States2,589
1,479 Argentina2,515
3,249 Mexico1,663
2,924 Spain1,643
829 Bolivia1,630
Countries with hundreds of Barra:
918 Portugal962
6,047 Morocco920
1,456 Burkina Faso841
2,778 Ivory Coast533
3,335 Chad481
23,524 Germany390
71,393 India362
3,915 Benin348
61 Seychelles282
21,405 Poland254
19,922 Algeria251
13,906 Australia212
4,983 Venezuela178
62,240 Indonesia161
5,073 Iraq152
6,841 Ecuador118
30,982 Canada108
6,255 Niger108
16,500 Belgium104
9,101 Switzerland104
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,529 Hungary100
38,951 England82
7,854 Colombia72
31,912 Cameroon58
36,360 Netherlands55
31,284 Romania54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,036 Haiti49
1,750 Senegal44
3,586 Panama43
1,965 El Salvador37
12,009 Uruguay26
14,824 Dominican Republic23
170,290 Nigeria23
24,793 Norway23
7,080 Taiwan23
320,775 Thailand19
13,856 Singapore17
311,782 Russia16
13,616 Mauritania13
56,422 Sweden13
76,885 Czechia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,259 Andorra10
372 Gambia9
2,922 Iceland9
30,726 Qatar9
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
10,839 Northern Ireland8
34,598 New Zealand8
77,733 Pakistan8
189,736 South Africa6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

22 years old Joh. Barra who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on May 24, 1850 by Clotilde put out from Antwerp. 25 years old Joh. Barra, Johan Barra (23) Laborer, Blacksmith Mesand Barra, Laborer Joseph Barra, 28 years old Jacob Barra, Theodor Barra (31) Merchant, are other Barra that migrated to US from Antwerp, Glasgow & Moville, Liverpool & Queenstown, Stettin and Hamburg & Southampton.

Barra Namesakes

  • Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican political figure and diplomat
  • Robert Barra, Republican
  • Declan de Barra, Irish musician and writer
  • Cormac de Barra, harpist

Barra Namesakes

  • Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican political figure and diplomat
  • Robert Barra, Republican
  • Declan de Barra, Irish musician and writer
  • Cormac de Barra, harpist

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