Barahona
A Spanish surname most likely taken from the place-name Barahona, ultimately marking someone from that town or district.
The #4,019 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 34,910 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Barahona is a Spanish surname formed from the place-name Barahona. In surname use, this usually meant a person who came from that locality or who was identified with it. The historical excerpt you provided lists it among Spanish surnames, but does not give a full derivation of the place-name itself.
History
The surname is well established in the Spanish-speaking world and is especially familiar as a toponymic surname in Spain and later in Latin America. Its spread beyond Spain would have followed Spanish migration and colonial settlement. Because the excerpt is only an incidental mention, the deeper origin of the place-name itself is not established here.
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Fun fact
Barahona is also the name of a province and city in the Dominican Republic, which helped keep the surname visible in the Spanish Caribbean.
From the historical record
“— 261 — ños, Bañiielos, Baquedano, Barahona , Baraibar Barajas, Baranda, Baraya, Ijarba, Barbadillo, Bár- bara, Barbudo, Barca, Barcena, Barcenas (Las), Barcia, Barcones, Bardon, Barinaga, Baro, Baroja, Barzanallana, Barra, Barrachina, Barrantes, Bar- reda, Barreiro, Barrera (La), Barreras, Barrientos,”
— Ensayo histórico etimológico filológico sobre los apellidos castellanos