Barajas surname meaning

Barajas is a Spanish habitational surname: it marks someone from a place called Barajas. Dictionary of American Family Names points to settlements in the provinces of Cuenca and Madrid; other Spanish villages share the same name. Deeper explanations of the place-name itself—Latin fencing words, watering places, or folk etymologies—are less secure than the habitational pattern. Varajas and Baraja appear as related spellings in some records. Place is the natural catalog type, and the Cuenca/Madrid habitational core is firm enough for high confidence.