Barabás
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Barabás is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Típusa: Apanévi eredetű, magyar családnév. Eredete: Két külön keresztnév egybeesése a családnevekben.
- USUnited States1 in 558K(measured from records)
- RORomania≈1 in 11K
- CZCzechia1 in 39K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 169 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Romania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Barabas in US United States, DE Germany, PH Philippines and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Típusa: Apanévi eredetű, magyar családnév. Eredete: Két külön keresztnév egybeesése a családnevekben. Egyik a bibliai héber eredetű abarb [B™hr ™h b™h (B™r™b™h)] ’az Atya fia’ jelentésű név, amely a görögben -sz raggal ellátva [B™r™b™sz] formájú lett. Ez a latin Barabas (középkori magyarországi ejtéssel -s-sel a végén B™r™b™s) néven keresztül került be a magyar nyelvbe. A másik név az arámi nyelvre visszavezethető, ’a vigasztalás fia’ jelentésű újszövetségi [B™rn™b™sz]. A latinból Barnabas alakban került be a magyarba. A Barabas névben az -r- megnyúlása, a Barnabásban pedig az -n- > -r- hasonulása azonos alakú: Barabás ~ Barrabás nevet eredményezett. Az -r- > -l- és -l- > -r- mássalhangzók cseréje gyakori volt a magyar nyelvtörténet folyamán, ezáltal jöttek létre a Balabás ~ Ballabás változatok. A Barbás ~ Borbás nevek kialakulásában a kétnyíltszótagos tendencia érvényesült, vagyis a második nyílt szótag magánhangzója kiesett. Valamennyi névváltozatból lehetett apai családnév, s jelentésük ’Barabás ~ Barnabás ~ Barlabás ~ Ballabás ~ Bolobás ~ Barbás ~ Borbás nevű személy fia, leszármazotta’. Elterjedtsége: A Bolobás ~ Bollobás ejtésváltozatok a Dunántúl északnyugati részén, a Barabás nevek a nyelvterület keletebbi felében, Erdélyben, különösen Háromszékben gyakoriak.
Sources 1
- Családnevek enciklopédiája
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Barabás counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈5,500 est. | ≈1 in 253K | — | Barabas | 3 |
| RO Romania | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Barabas | 23 |
| US United States | 596 | 1 in 558K | 627 | Barabas | 169 |
| DE Germany | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 151K | — | Barabas | 63 |
| PH Philippines | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 336K | — | Barabas | 13 |
| CZ Czechia | 273 | 1 in 39K | 273 | — | 1 |
| SK Slovakia | 71 | 1 in 77K | 71 | — | 4 |
| HR Croatia | 62 | 1 in 68K | 62 | — | — |
| LR Liberia | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | Barabas | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; MVČR — living population register 2017; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Miklós Barabásb. 1810HUHungarian artist (c.1810-1898)
- Béla Barabásb. 1855ROHungarian politician, jurist and author (1855-1934)
- Tibor Barabásb. 1911HUHungarian writer (1911-1984)
- Sári Barabásb. 1914DEHungarian operatic soprano (1914–2012)
- Éva Barabásb. 1943RORomanian painter
- Zoltán Barabás Kissb. 1970HUHungarian actor
- Nikolett Barabásb. 1979HUmodel and actor
- Lőrinc Barabásb. 1983HUHungarian jazz trumpeter, composer
- Enikő Mironcicb. 1986ROnot in their usual nameRomanian rower
- Tom BarabasHUHungarian-American pianist/keyboardist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Barabás mean?
- Recorded meaning: Típusa: Apanévi eredetű, magyar családnév. Eredete: Két külön keresztnév egybeesése a családnevekben.
- In which country does Barabás have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.5 thousand people named Barabás in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled barabas.
- How common is the name Barabás?
- In the United States, the national register counted 596 people named Barabás in 2010, about 1 in 558 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Barabás”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.