Popularity of the last name by country
Netherlands
- Fryslân | Friesland (6,730)
- Zuid-Holland (4,593)
- Gelderland (4,044)
- Overijssel (3,490)
- Noord-Holland (2,075)
- Groningen (1,672)
- Drenthe (1,268)
- Utrecht (1,153)
- Noord-Brabant (870)
- Limburg (425)
- Zeeland (165)
All countries
- France (1,035,918)
- United Kingdom (94,479)
- Netherlands (36,473)
- United States (16,185)
- Canada (15,676)
- Germany (9,599)
- Belgium (8,656)
- Spain (7,411)
- Austria (5,698)
- Poland (2,838)
- Hungary (2,572)
- Ireland (2,387)
- Algeria (2,221)
- Switzerland (2,144)
- Italy (1,966)
- Latvia (1,334)
- Lithuania (1,070)
- Russian Federation (1,006)
- Finland (987)
- New Zealand (958)
- Unknown country (798)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (687)
- Australia (620)
- Indonesia (600)
- Ukraine (575)
- Brazil (554)
- Martinique (534)
- Denmark (521)
- Estonia (487)
- Sweden (483)
- Réunion (401)
- Tunisia (357)
- Guadeloupe (340)
- Mexico (334)
- Colombia (325)
- Argentina (309)
- Viet Nam (251)
- South Africa (234)
- Romania (222)
- Israel (214)
Origine of last name
BARON : 1: French English Dutch Polish Czech Romanian and Croatian; Breton (also Le Baron): from Old French barun baron Middle English barun baroun Middle Dutch baroen Polish Czech Romanian and dialectal Croatian baron ‘baron’ (i.e. a nobleman ranking below an earl and above a knight) a title of nobility which was in England also awarded to certain freemen of the cities of London and York and of the Cinque Ports. As a surname it is unlikely to be a status name denoting a person of rank. Generally it referred to service in a baronial household or was acquired as a nickname by a peasant who had ideas above his station or applied to a man showing characteristics of a nobleman. See also 3 and 4 below compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barron">Barron</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Lebaron">Lebaron</a>.2: French: habitational name from (Le) Baron the name of several places in various parts of France. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Lebaron">Lebaron</a>.3: German: status name for a freeman or baron from barūn ‘imperial or church official’ a loanword in Middle High German from Old French (see 1 above).4: Spanish (Barón): nickname from the title barón ‘baron’ applied as a nickname or as an occupational name for a member of the household of a baron (see 1 above); or from an old personal name of the same origin in the sense ‘free man’ (compare 3 above).5: Italian (Veneto): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barone">Barone</a>.6: Czech (also Baroň): from a pet form of the personal name Bartoloměj (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bartholomew">Bartholomew</a>).7: Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bearáin (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Barnes">Barnes</a> 3).8: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): artificial name meaning ‘baron’ from German Polish or Russian (see 1 above). In Israel the surname is often interpreted by folk etymology as being from Bar-On ‘son of strength’.
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