Baras
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/baʁa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Baras is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 107K(inferred from the name graph)
- HRCroatia1 in 43K
- BEBelgium1 in 50K
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 155 (measured from records)
- 1 in 43K (inferred from the name graph)
≈630 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Croatia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Baras 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 107K | 68 | Baras | 155 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈490 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Baras | 39 |
| YE Yemen | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Baras | 13 |
| PH Philippines | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 253K | — | Baras | 8 |
| BE Belgium | 233 | 1 in 50K | 233 | Baras | 18 |
| HR Croatia | 99 | 1 in 43K | 103 | — | — |
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Baras is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In tiy, give some reward for past efforts, beyond any agreed compensation
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Lithuanian, bar (place where alcoholic beverages are sold)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, nominative/accusative plural of bār
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In poz-wmp-pro, reciprocate good or evil
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In mrw, sorrow, retribution
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In io, present of barar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Paul Barasb. 1870FRFrench cyclist (1870–1941)
- Pierre Barasb. 1954FRPh.D. Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie - Paris VI 1985
- Aurélie Barasb. 1967FRFrench graphic designer and illustrator
- Sara Barasb. 1971ESSpanish dancer
- Bruno Barasb. 1992BEBelgian association football player
- Bernardo BarasARArgentine actor
- Etienne BarasFRichthyologist
- Joseph BarasBEBelgian sports shooter
- Ronit Barasresearcher
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 233 | #7,219 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 199 | #9,060 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 123 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 107 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 106 | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 103 | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 99 | #7,951 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 95 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 83 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 78 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 71 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 69 | — |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- How do you pronounce Baras?
- A machine transcription gives /baʁa/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Baras have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 634 people named Baras in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled baras.
- Where is Baras most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Baras is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 43 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Baras?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 233 people named Baras in 2008, about 1 in 50 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Baras?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/barasThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Baras”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.