Bar-On
surname · Latin script
Bar-On is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Israel it is the 87th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From English baron.
- COColombia≈1 in 2.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 8.2K
- ESSpain1 in 11K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bar-On itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 453 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)
1,437,026 named Brown, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Colombia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Baron in US United States, CO Colombia, PH Philippines and 1 more, בראון in IL Israel, PL Poland and Braun in FR France.
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)
From English baron.
Sources 12
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
- A concise dictionary of first names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bar-On 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1,437,026as Brown | 1 in 231 | 1.4M | Baron | 453 |
| PL Poland | — | 41,126as Baran | 1 in 931 | 21K | בראון | 5 |
| FR France | — | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | 2.6K | Braun | 7 |
| CO Colombia | #280 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | 18 | Baron | 133 |
| PH Philippines | #406 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.2K | — | Baron | 78 |
| ES Spain | #852 | 4,417 | 1 in 11K | 4.4K | Baron | 124 |
| IL Israel | #87 | 3,321as בראון | 1 in 2.6K | 3.3K | בראון | 72 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | — | 1,764as Browne | 1 in 57 | 1.9K | — | — |
| GY Guyana | — | 1,217as Browne | 1 in 616 | 1.2K | — | 2 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | — | 1,083as Browne | 1 in 50 | 1.2K | — | 7 |
1,437,026 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling brown. 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; CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); the co-datosgov-candidates register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025); The page lists the most common surnames in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines based on data from official sources.; St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026; The page presents a detailed list of surnames in Saint Kitts and Nevis, focusing on their frequency and cultural signifi; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #248,260 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #308,069 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
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 Bar-On mean, and where does it come from?
- From English baron. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames and A concise dictionary of first names and 10 other sources.
- In which country does Bar-On have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.4 million people named Brown, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Bar-On?
- In Spain, the national register counted 4,417 people named Bar-On, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
- How common is Bar-On compared with other names?
- In Israel, Bar-On is the 87th most common surname of 325,634 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bar-onThe same 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), 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, “Bar-On” — the 87th most common surname in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.