Barraco

Borrowed from Italian Barraco.

Barraco (plural Barracos)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Barraco is the 36246^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 618 individuals. Barraco is most common among White (95.47%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barraco”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104.

From Arabic براق (barrāq, “shining, lustrous”), probably used as a nickname.

Barraco m or f by sense

1. a surname from Arabic [in turn transferred from the nickname]

• → English: Barraco

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025