Kara Forename
6,997th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 149,956 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Fiji
Kara Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 93,738 | 1:3,868 | 614 |
| India | 76% | 20,032 | 1:60,647 | 7,933 |
| Ethiopia | 99% | 6,473 | 1:15,072 | 2,079 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,642 | 1:5,873 | 858 |
| England | 100% | 3,992 | 1:13,929 | 995 |
| Australia | - | 3,726 | 1:3,665 | 561 |
| Nepal | 86% | 1,710 | 1:16,659 | 1,663 |
| Philippines | 95% | 958 | 1:110,657 | 5,994 |
| Chad | 92% | 927 | 1:14,669 | 2,417 |
| Indonesia | 93% | 903 | 1:285,674 | 25,229 |
| New Zealand | - | 741 | 1:6,122 | 790 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68% | 718 | 1:11,354 | 1,145 |
| Turkey | 94% | 701 | 1:110,987 | 3,341 |
| Russia | 66% | 600 | 1:240,390 | 3,372 |
| Senegal | 61% | 593 | 1:24,589 | 1,346 |
| Mali | 100% | 497 | 1:34,160 | 2,094 |
| Egypt | 60% | 477 | 1:192,664 | 7,172 |
| Scotland | 99% | 476 | 1:11,240 | 748 |
| Fiji | - | 432 | 1:2,066 | 573 |
| Poland | 99% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Morocco | 100% | 409 | 1:83,982 | 2,937 |
| Netherlands | 73% | 377 | 1:44,833 | 3,187 |
| South Africa | 96% | 373 | 1:146,200 | 10,370 |
| Nigeria | 73% | 345 | 1:514,679 | 16,017 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Germany | 59% | 285 | 1:339,221 | 4,177 |
| Wales | 100% | 263 | 1:11,765 | 873 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 247 | 1:298,897 | 11,934 |
| Thailand | 91% | 220 | 1:318,481 | 17,604 |
| Armenia | 97% | 181 | 1:16,126 | 1,079 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 180 | 1:1,079,765 | 18,471 |
| China | - | 145 | 1:9,421,074 | 59,586 |
| Kazakhstan | 57% | 145 | 1:122,392 | 3,417 |
| Ireland | 100% | 137 | 1:33,894 | 1,317 |
| Algeria | 63% | 136 | 1:280,711 | 3,648 |
| Benin | 100% | 105 | 1:100,722 | 6,220 |
| Iraq | 100% | 97 | 1:361,009 | 4,694 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Georgia | 96% | 91 | 1:41,082 | 2,185 |
| France | 100% | 84 | 1:791,314 | 6,877 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| Burkina Faso | 71% | 63 | 1:291,738 | 11,664 |
| Iran | 100% | 62 | 1:1,266,079 | 9,703 |
| Niger | 74% | 62 | 1:309,419 | 7,472 |
| Belgium | 97% | 61 | 1:188,361 | 4,784 |
| Malaysia | 74% | 57 | 1:534,209 | 22,888 |
| Japan | - | 48 | 1:2,666,376 | 21,939 |
| Hong Kong | - | 47 | 1:164,952 | 3,125 |
| Greece | 100% | 46 | 1:237,708 | 4,477 |
| Ivory Coast | 59% | 45 | 1:512,799 | 18,942 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 96% | 41 | 1:145,690 | 8,177 |
| Qatar | 100% | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 35 | 1:38,898 | 3,786 |
| Northern Ireland | 96% | 32 | 1:57,598 | 1,260 |
| Sweden | 86% | 32 | 1:308,060 | 9,282 |
| Belarus | 52% | 31 | 1:305,883 | 2,293 |
| Iceland | 100% | 29 | 1:12,621 | 1,042 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Switzerland | 62% | 28 | 1:293,339 | 5,808 |
| Singapore | 100% | 27 | 1:232,854 | 8,839 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:2,452 | 535 |
| Denmark | - | 25 | 1:225,980 | 4,802 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Jamaica | - | 24 | 1:120,134 | 4,769 |
| Mexico | 100% | 24 | 1:5,172,684 | 20,497 |
| Brazil | 100% | 23 | 1:9,314,615 | 118,042 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 22 | 1:701,083 | 28,034 |
| Afghanistan | 58% | 21 | 1:1,553,501 | 15,583 |
| Belize | 100% | 21 | 1:16,872 | 2,067 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 19 | 1:856,491 | 14,474 |
| Kenya | - | 18 | 1:2,572,617 | 21,139 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 18 | 1:397,333 | 16,617 |
| Ukraine | 87% | 17 | 1:2,676,465 | 6,045 |
| Austria | 100% | 16 | 1:532,138 | 4,883 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Uganda | 89% | 16 | 1:2,559,808 | 30,381 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| Azerbaijan | 83% | 14 | 1:688,782 | 12,126 |
| Ecuador | - | 14 | 1:1,266,208 | 8,855 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Italy | 83% | 14 | 1:4,361,578 | 21,991 |
| Bermuda | - | 13 | 1:4,987 | 816 |
| South Korea | - | 13 | 1:426,494 | 11,600 |
| Grenada | 100% | 11 | 1:9,830 | 1,266 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 11 | 1:322,755 | 3,178 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 10 | 1:245,876 | 4,150 |
| Finland | 77% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Malawi | - | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 9 | 1:455,027 | 9,682 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Norway | 100% | 9 | 1:570,259 | 9,843 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 9 | 1:19,757 | 2,072 |
| Spain | - | 9 | 1:5,169,996 | 15,759 |
| Tajikistan | 67% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Cameroon | 87% | 8 | 1:2,701,313 | 52,296 |
| Chile | 63% | 8 | 1:2,200,901 | 14,453 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Jordan | 80% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Czechia | 77% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| Honduras | - | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Costa Rica | - | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Tanzania | - | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Bulgaria | 67% | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Israel | 75% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Venezuela | - | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Hungary | 81% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Kára (49) & Kará (1) are calculated separately.
Kara (445,482) may also be a surname.
Kara Forename Popularity
Kara Demographics
Average Male Kara Height
176.09 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 138 (2014)
Average Female Kara Height
162.87 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 739 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Kara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kara in the Russian language | ||
| Кара | kara | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kara