Barrïos
surname · Latin script
Barrïos is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country. In Guatemala it is the 4th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Spanish, of Basque origin.
- UYUruguay1 in 195(measured from records)
- PYParaguay≈1 in 220
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 230
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 Barrïos itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Mexico (inferred from the name graph)
- #702 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 381 (measured from records)
- 1 in 195 (inferred from the name graph)
≈89,000 people, est.
of 19M surnames, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Barrios in AR Argentina, VE Venezuela, MX Mexico and 3 more and Báŕŕíóś in UY Uruguay.
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 Spanish, of Basque origin.
Cited for this meaning 2
- Wiktionary
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where the surname Barrïos is found
(measured from records)Barrïos 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MX Mexico | #197 | ≈89,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | 1.9K | Barrios | 202 |
| VE Venezuela | #56 | ≈89,000 est. | ≈1 in 321 | 584 | Barrios | 111 |
| AR Argentina | #81 | 88,010 | 1 in 517 | 88K | Barrios | 125 |
| GT Guatemala | #4 | ≈82,000 est. | ≈1 in 225 | — | Barrios | 99 |
| CO Colombia | #119 | ≈81,000 est. | ≈1 in 651 | 38 | Barrios | 150 |
| PY Paraguay | #42 | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 217 | — | Barrios | 69 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 17,411 | 1 in 195 | 17K | Báŕŕíóś | 75 |
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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); the co-datosgov-candidates register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Barrïos mean, and where does it come from?
- From Spanish, of Basque origin. Recorded by Wiktionary and Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Barrïos?
- Mondonomo estimates about 89 thousand people named Barrïos in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled barrios. After it come Venezuela, Argentina, Guatemala and Colombia; the country table on this page ranks them.
- Where is Barrïos most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Barrïos is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 195 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Barrïos?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 88,010 people named Barrïos, about 1 in 517 residents.
- How common is Barrïos compared with other names?
- In Mexico, Barrïos is the 197th 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, “Barrïos” — the 197th most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.