Bares

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: third-person singular simple present indicative of bare

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/bɛɹz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bares is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 75K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 322K
  • UYUruguay1 in 4.6K

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.

Czechia (measured from records)

1,632 people

Sources
226 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

third-person singular simple present indicative of bare

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Bares is read(measured from records)

Bares is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English46%

    third-person singular simple present indicative of bare

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Spanish25%

    plural of bar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • French17%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Bares in French.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bares 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.

Where Bares is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia1,6321 in 6.6K1.6K—3
PH Philippines≈1,500 est.≈1 in 75K—Bares22
US United States1,0341 in 322K1.1KBares226
DZ Algeria≈1,000 est.≈1 in 42K—Bares1
FR France≈1,000 est.≈1 in 66K117—2
UY Uruguay7361 in 4.6K736——

1,632 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bares is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Philippines, Spain, Uruguay

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Barés, Barès, Bareš

  • Czech surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Slovakia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Bareš

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Barés

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Barés, Barès, Bareš

  • Croatian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States

    Also written Bareš, Barés, Барес

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Philippines

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Barés, Bareš

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bares is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Russian, var of Baresh.

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • In German, strong/mixed nominative/accusative neuter singular of bar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ang, genitive singular of bār

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Albanian, to go for a walk, stroll

    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)

1850190019502000Manuel Antonio Bares Giráldez, b. 1855Nikolaus Bares, b. 1871Joseph-Édouard Barès, b. 1872Peter Bares, b. 1936Allen Bares, b. 1936Alessandro Bares, b. 1970Juan Calahorro, b. 1988Ashley Bares, b. 1989

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)

FormalDear Bares,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Bares
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.1K#23,289
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101K#24,260
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001K#23,264
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—736—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921194—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951189—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941168—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961156—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901156—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981144—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931125—

Reference works 3

  • 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 Bares mean, and where does it come from?
third-person singular simple present indicative of bare Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Bares?
A machine transcription gives /bɛɹz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Bares have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Bares, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Bares most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bares is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 4.6 thousand people — even though Czechia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Bares?
In Czechia, the national register counted 1,632 people named Bares, about 1 in 6.6 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, “Bares”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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