Baráth

surname · Latin script

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

Baráth is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Típusa: Valahová tartozásra vagy tulajdonságra utaló vagy helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév.

rarermore common
  • HUHungary≈1 in 9.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 932K
  • SKSlovakia≈1 in 41K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,700 people, est.

Sources
127 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 9.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Barath in US United States, SE Sweden, ZA South Africa and 2 more.

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)

Típusa: Valahová tartozásra vagy tulajdonságra utaló vagy helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév. Eredete: A szláv eredetű, ’fiútestvér’ jelentésű brat szót a magyar nyelv a szókezdő mássalhangzó-torlódás föloldásával, -a- bontóhang közbeiktatásával barát formában ’társ, felebarát; szerzetes’ jelentéssel vette át. Igen kevés korai adata van, családnévként is csak a XV. századtól fordult elő gyakrabban, s ilyenkor a jelentése ’a szerzetesrendhez kapcsolódó személy (a rend jobbágya, szolgája)’ vagy metaforikusan ’szerzeteshez hasonló életet élő, szerzetesi öltözetet viselő’ stb. ember. Borsod, Győr, Moson, Somogy, Trencsén, Zala vármegyében sok település is megkapta a Barát nevet vagy előtagot, ha valamely szerzetesrend birtokában volt a falu. Az ilyen helynevekből is alakulhattak eredetre, származási helyre uraló családnevek a szokásos -i képző nélkül. Elterjedtsége: Általánosan elterjedt, de a Dunán túl kissé gyakoribb.

Sources 1

  • Családnevek enciklopédiája

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Baráth 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 Baráth is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈7,700 est.≈1 in 182K—Barath1
PK Pakistan—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 168K—Barath1
HU Hungary#249≈1,000 est.≈1 in 9.5K—Baráth66
US United States—3571 in 932K370Barath127
ZA South Africa—≈360 est.≈1 in 159K—Barath8
SK Slovakia—≈130 est.≈1 in 41K—Baráth20
SE Sweden—1031 in 99K103Barath11
GY Guyana—71 in 107K7—1

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; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Baráth is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Barath

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Barath

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania

    Also written Barath

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada

    Also written Barath

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, India, Indonesia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Barath

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Barath

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy

    Also written Barath

8 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18501900195020002050Endre Baráth, b. 1888Béla Baráth, b. 1893Lajos Baráth, b. 1935Etele Baráth, b. 1942Magdolna Baráth, b. 1964Katalin Baráth, b. 1978Emőke Baráth, b. 1985Botond Baráth, b. 1992Péter Baráth, b. 2002

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 5 sources across 3 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Baráth mean?
Recorded meaning: Típusa: Valahová tartozásra vagy tulajdonságra utaló vagy helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév.
In which country does Baráth have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.7 thousand people named Baráth in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled barath.
How common is the name Baráth?
In the United States, the national register counted 357 people named Baráth in 2010, about 1 in 932 thousand residents.
How common is Baráth compared with other names?
In Hungary, Baráth is the 249th most common surname of 88,284 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, “Baráth” — the 249th most common surname in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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