Baraka is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin (born 1963), Sudanese fiction writer Ajamu Baraka (born 1953), human rights activist and 2016 candidate for Vice President of the United States Ali Baraka, senior Hamas official based in Beirut Amina Baraka (born 1942), American poet, actress, author, community organizer, singer, dancer, and activist Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), American writer Hassan Baraka (born 1987), Moroccan open water swimmer Iqbal Baraka (born 1942), Egyptian journalist, women's rights activist, and writer Joshua Baraka (born 2000), Ugandan recording artist and music producer Léonard Baraka (born 1985), Malagasy former footballer Mouigni Baraka (born 1968), Comorian politician Nizar Baraka (born 1964), Moroccan politician and businessman Ras J. Baraka (born 1970), American politician and current mayor of Newark, New Jersey Rhonda Baraka (born 1962), American film and television director and screenwriter Sara Baraka (born 1991), Egyptian Olympic rower Sayyid Baraka (1343–1403), holy man of the commercial city of Tirmidh Sho Baraka (born 1979), American Christian hip-hop artist and writer Usumain Baraka, Sudanese activist and asylum seeker living in Israel Wissam Baraka (born 1985), Moroccan footballer
See also Al-Said Barakah (1260–1280), Mamluk Sultan Athanasios Barakas, Greek Paralympian athlete Baraka