Barrientos
Barrientos Spanish pronunciation: [baˈrjentos] is a Spanish surname.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 22.0% of all known bearers of the surname Barrientos were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:2,294), 10.6% of the Philippines (1:3,889), 10.6% of Argentina (1:1,645), 9.2% of Chile (1:775), 8.1% of Peru (1:1,604), 7.2% of Guatemala (1:911), 6.0% of the United States (1:24,500), 4.8% of Bolivia (1:904), 4.6% of Colombia (1:4,212), 3.7% of El Salvador (1:703), 3.2% of Honduras (1:1,117), 2.5% of Venezuela (1:4,843), 2.4% of Spain (1:7,975), 1.4% of Costa Rica (1:1,358) and 1.4% of Paraguay (1:2,161).
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:7,975) in the following autonomouous communities:
- 1. Ceuta (1:956)
- 2. Castile and León (1:2,710)
- 3. Extremadura (1:4,465)
- 4. Asturias (1:5,218)
- 5. Andalusia (1:5,808)
- 6. Balearic Islands (1:7,019)
- 7. Community of Madrid (1:7,691)
In El Salvador, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:703) in the following departments:[1]
- 1. Santa Ana Department (1:201)
- 2. Sonsonate Department (1:226)
- 3. Ahuachapán Department (1:289)
People
- Politicians and scholars
- René Barrientos (1919–1969), former president of Bolivia
- Manuel Espino Barrientos (born 1959), president of the right-wing conservative National Action Party (PAN) of Mexico
- Gonzalo Barrientos (born 1941), Democratic member of the Texas Senate from 1985 to 2007
- Lope de Barrientos (1382–1469), clergyman and statesman of the Spanish Crown of Castile
- Baltasar Alamos de Barrientos (1555–1640), Spanish scholar
- Sports
- Claudio Barrientos (1936–1982), Chilean boxer
- Felipe Barrientos (born 1984), Chilean handballer
- Felipe Andrés Barrientos (born 1997), Chilean footballer
- Hamlet Barrientos (born 1978), Bolivian football (soccer) goalkeeper
- Hugo Barrientos (born 1977), Argentine football (soccer) midfielder
- Nicolás Barrientos (born 1987), Colombian tennis player
- Pablo Barrientos (born 1985), Argentine football (soccer) player
- Juan Manuel Barrientos (born 1982), Argentine football (soccer) defender
- Rafael Ernesto Barrientos (born 1979), Salvadoran football (soccer) player
- Entertainment
- Maria Barrientos (1883–1946), Spanish opera singer
- Jennifer Barrientos, Miss Universe pageant representative for the Philippines