Ara Forename
11,851st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 84,251 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Armenia
Ara Forename Definition:
Ay'-rah, cursing, seeing. A son of Jether, a descendant from the patriarch Asher. 1 Chron. vii. 38.
Ara Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 72% | 35,332 | 1:34,385 | 4,793 |
| Indonesia | 64% | 8,757 | 1:29,458 | 3,991 |
| Armenia | 93% | 8,341 | 1:350 | 71 |
| United States | 57% | 5,731 | 1:63,259 | 3,281 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 5,682 | 1:28,064 | 2,891 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3,341 | 1:53,147 | 3,803 |
| Philippines | 94% | 3,065 | 1:34,587 | 2,913 |
| Russia | 91% | 1,610 | 1:89,586 | 1,759 |
| Iraq | 100% | 946 | 1:37,017 | 1,511 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 849 | 1:6,628 | 834 |
| Canada | 98% | 752 | 1:44,060 | 3,040 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 715 | 1:29,090 | 3,562 |
| Mexico | 96% | 709 | 1:175,098 | 3,352 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Egypt | 58% | 651 | 1:141,169 | 5,768 |
| Afghanistan | 94% | 632 | 1:51,619 | 2,500 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 453 | 1:67,218 | 5,190 |
| Spain | 84% | 417 | 1:111,583 | 3,069 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 388 | 1:79,346 | 2,474 |
| Senegal | 84% | 355 | 1:41,074 | 1,798 |
| Brazil | 100% | 272 | 1:787,633 | 22,308 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51% | 238 | 1:34,253 | 3,383 |
| Poland | 58% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Italy | 92% | 215 | 1:284,010 | 3,608 |
| Kazakhstan | 93% | 212 | 1:83,712 | 2,745 |
| Ukraine | 72% | 205 | 1:221,951 | 1,384 |
| Nepal | 72% | 187 | 1:152,339 | 7,201 |
| Kuwait | - | 152 | 1:24,903 | 2,523 |
| England | 72% | 147 | 1:378,251 | 8,865 |
| Turkey | 98% | 141 | 1:551,785 | 7,370 |
| Chile | 53% | 132 | 1:133,388 | 2,973 |
| Sweden | 78% | 127 | 1:77,621 | 3,586 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Greece | 100% | 118 | 1:92,666 | 2,584 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 117 | 1:1,661,177 | 24,163 |
| South Korea | - | 107 | 1:51,817 | 3,448 |
| France | 86% | 97 | 1:685,261 | 6,394 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 89 | 1:119,117 | 2,758 |
| Georgia | 99% | 89 | 1:42,005 | 2,222 |
| Thailand | 66% | 86 | 1:814,719 | 32,439 |
| Australia | - | 85 | 1:160,678 | 4,581 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 84 | 1:10,370 | 904 |
| Colombia | 59% | 81 | 1:589,863 | 8,496 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 76 | 1:94,105 | 7,749 |
| Niger | 88% | 74 | 1:259,243 | 6,673 |
| Burkina Faso | 76% | 72 | 1:255,270 | 10,638 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 67 | 1:240,424 | 3,270 |
| Netherlands | 69% | 66 | 1:256,092 | 8,605 |
| Germany | 55% | 63 | 1:1,534,569 | 10,004 |
| New Zealand | - | 61 | 1:74,361 | 3,508 |
| Belgium | 83% | 57 | 1:201,580 | 4,925 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 56 | 1:186,273 | 7,851 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Argentina | 64% | 47 | 1:910,069 | 4,957 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 47 | 1:642,593 | 15,894 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 39 | 1:609,479 | 30,796 |
| Qatar | 75% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Belarus | 71% | 28 | 1:338,657 | 2,468 |
| Moldova | 100% | 28 | 1:127,184 | 1,408 |
| Syria | - | 28 | 1:689,503 | 2,968 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Switzerland | 97% | 25 | 1:328,540 | 6,234 |
| China | - | 24 | 1:56,918,991 | 62,623 |
| Finland | 68% | 24 | 1:228,466 | 3,699 |
| Nicaragua | 89% | 22 | 1:273,561 | 6,085 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 21 | 1:734,467 | 28,972 |
| Iran | - | 19 | 1:4,131,414 | 17,591 |
| Jordan | 51% | 19 | 1:464,567 | 3,739 |
| Panama | 100% | 19 | 1:205,608 | 7,846 |
| Bulgaria | - | 18 | 1:388,355 | 6,963 |
| Japan | - | 18 | 1:7,110,336 | 31,011 |
| Austria | 100% | 17 | 1:500,835 | 4,712 |
| Estonia | 100% | 17 | 1:77,375 | 3,612 |
| Honduras | 100% | 17 | 1:518,675 | 7,750 |
| Denmark | - | 16 | 1:353,094 | 6,331 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 14 | 1:688,782 | 12,126 |
| Peru | 90% | 14 | 1:2,270,818 | 22,263 |
| Uruguay | - | 13 | 1:263,664 | 4,255 |
| Singapore | 100% | 12 | 1:523,921 | 11,491 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 11 | 1:433,450 | 6,937 |
| Ivory Coast | 75% | 11 | 1:2,097,812 | 47,531 |
| Oman | - | 11 | 1:373,515 | 4,585 |
| Wales | - | 11 | 1:281,301 | 4,460 |
| Scotland | 67% | 10 | 1:535,037 | 6,544 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| South Africa | 86% | 9 | 1:6,059,183 | 119,004 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Norway | 100% | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| Romania | - | 7 | 1:2,864,568 | 25,615 |
| Czechia | 69% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Latvia | 75% | 6 | 1:335,941 | 3,188 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Ecuador | - | 5 | 1:3,545,384 | 15,000 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 60% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hungary | 91% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Israel | 57% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Arà (1), Ará (1), Àra (1) & Ára (1) are calculated separately.
Ara (410,984) may also be a surname.
Ara Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ay'-rah, cursing, seeing. A son of Jether, a descendant from the patriarch Asher. 1 Chron. vii. 38.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: I shall see (?).
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Latin name, meaning: An altar.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Latin name, meaning: An altar.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ara Forename Popularity
Ara Demographics
Average Male Ara Height
174.05 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 99 (2014)
Average Female Ara Height
165 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 23 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Ara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ara in the Russian language | ||
| Ара | ara | - |
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