Barcenas
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Barcenas is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Bárcenas. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .
- NINicaragua≈1 in 6.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 10K
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 13K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 233 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Spanish Bárcenas. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .
Sources 1
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Barcenas 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈8,500 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Barcenas | 47 |
| US United States | — | 6,979 | 1 in 48K | 7K | Barcenas | 233 |
| VE Venezuela | #911 | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Barcenas | 26 |
| CO Colombia | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 36K | 2 | Barcenas | 60 |
| NI Nicaragua | #419 | ≈900 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | — | Barcenas | 20 |
| SV El Salvador | #786 | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Barcenas | 13 |
| PA Panama | #644 | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 25K | 1 | Barcenas | 20 |
| MX Mexico | #374 | — | — | 760 | Barcenas | 144 |
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: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the co-datosgov-candidates register; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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)
Barcenas is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In bik, a surname from Spanish, common in Albay
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Cebuano, a surname from Spanish, common in Cebu
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)
- Loretta Barcenasb. 1942PHFilipino sprinter
- Melanie Barcenasb. 2007USAmerican soccer player (born 2007)
- Francesca BárcenasCAwork in the theatrical field
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 18 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 7K | #5,031 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 6.3K | #5,306 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4.2K | #7,373 |
| MX Mexico | RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset) | — | 760 | #454 |
| CO Colombia | Colombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co) | — | 2 | #114 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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 Barcenas mean, and where does it come from?
- From Spanish Bárcenas. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Barcenas have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.5 thousand people named Barcenas in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled barcenas.
- How common is the name Barcenas?
- In the United States, the national register counted 6,979 people named Barcenas in 2010, about 1 in 48 thousand residents.
- How common is Barcenas compared with other names?
- In Mexico, Barcenas is the 374th most common surname of 206,803 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Barcenas” — the 374th most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.