Popularity of the last name by country
All countries
- France (588,584)
- United Kingdom (88,982)
- Canada (13,479)
- United States (12,068)
- Netherlands (11,062)
- Germany (8,272)
- Belgium (5,903)
- Spain (4,156)
- Poland (3,039)
- Reunion (1,139)
- Switzerland (1,017)
- Algeria (810)
- Italy (627)
- Australia (445)
- Ireland (438)
- Austria (344)
- Colombia (335)
- French Polynesia (291)
- Russian Federation (247)
- Mexico (241)
- Guadeloupe (237)
- Martinique (220)
- Sweden (214)
- Finland (204)
- Brazil (202)
- Argentina (187)
- Indonesia (170)
- Ukraine (143)
- South Africa (133)
- Denmark (122)
- Malta (120)
- Venezuela (114)
- Hungary (87)
- Czech republic (68)
- Turkey (65)
- New Zealand (59)
- Moldova, Republic of (58)
- Mauritius (57)
- Israel (56)
- Serbia (56)
Origine of last name
BARON : The word Baron is of Celtic extraction, and originally synonymous with man in general It has this meaning in the Salic law, and in the laws of the Lombards; in the English law, the phrase baron and. feme is equivalent to man and wife. It was afterward used to denote a man of respectability, a stout or valiant man; and Barone was also used by the Italians to signify a beggar. From denoting a stout or valiant man, it was employed as a name for a distinguished military leader, who having fought and conquered under some great commander, was afterward rewarded by him with a part of the lands which he had acquired. As a surname, it was originally Le Baron, The Baron. Gaelic, Baran, a baron.
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