Barrass
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Barrass is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Durham and Northumb. see Barrass . 2 Portuguese and Spanish: variant of Barros .
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 52K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2.5M
- AUAustralia≈1 in 105K
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.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 147 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 52K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Durham and Northumb. see Barrass . 2 Portuguese and Spanish: variant of Barros . 151 • Current frequencies: GB 2076, Ireland 0 • GB frequency 1881: 738 • Main GB location 1881: Durham and Northumb 1 English: variant of Barrows . Redmonds, Dictionary of Yorks Surnames records William Barowes, 1547, John Barras, 1638 in Knaresborough Wills (Knaresborough, WR Yorks).
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Barrass 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 52K | — | Barrass | 147 |
| AU Australia | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 105K | — | Barrass | 77 |
| US United States | 134 | 1 in 2.5M | 134 | Barrass | 111 |
| CA Canada | ≈73 est. | ≈1 in 520K | — | Barrass | 40 |
| EG Egypt | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Barrass | 1 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 286K | — | Barrass | 22 |
| AT Austria | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 593K | — | Barrass | 5 |
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. 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)
- Alexander Barrassb. 1856GBEnglish songwriter
- Matt Barrassb. 1899GBEnglish footballer born 1899
- Malcolm Barrassb. 1924GBEnglish footballer (1924–2013)
- Martin Barrassb. 1956GBEnglish actor
- Lyndyann Barrassb. 1976GBEnglish actress
- Matt Barrassb. 1980GBEnglish association footballer (born 1980)
- Tom Barrassb. 1995AUAustralian Australian-rules footballer
- Stephen BarrassAUresearcher
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 11 sources across 4 countries.
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Barrass mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Durham and Northumb. see Barrass . 2 Portuguese and Spanish: variant of Barros . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- In which country does Barrass have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Barrass in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled barrass.
- How common is the name Barrass?
- In the United States, the national register counted 134 people named Barrass in 2010, about 1 in 2.5 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/barrassThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Barrass”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.