Mara Forename
2,491st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 413,607 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mara Forename Definition:
May'-rah, bitter. The name given to Naomi by herself. Ruth i. 20.
Mara Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 98% | 82,995 | 1:2,581 | 385 |
| India | 83% | 52,106 | 1:23,316 | 3,308 |
| Italy | 100% | 47,846 | 1:1,276 | 220 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 29,628 | 1:119 | 2 |
| United States | 100% | 22,151 | 1:16,367 | 1,446 |
| Mexico | 100% | 17,451 | 1:7,114 | 723 |
| Spain | 100% | 14,708 | 1:3,164 | 368 |
| Croatia | 100% | 14,644 | 1:288 | 75 |
| Indonesia | 89% | 11,027 | 1:23,394 | 3,224 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9,794 | 1:362 | 76 |
| Serbia | 100% | 9,321 | 1:767 | 174 |
| Argentina | 100% | 8,891 | 1:4,811 | 454 |
| Philippines | 98% | 7,745 | 1:13,687 | 1,672 |
| Latvia | 100% | 5,752 | 1:350 | 98 |
| Angola | 100% | 5,533 | 1:4,874 | 763 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 5,155 | 1:1,356 | 264 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,624 | 1:21,099 | 2,739 |
| Romania | 100% | 4,531 | 1:4,426 | 424 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 4,455 | 1:3,616 | 516 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3,556 | 1:588 | 117 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,552 | 1:27,218 | 1,073 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,989 | 1:5,655 | 831 |
| South Africa | 95% | 2,845 | 1:19,168 | 2,702 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 2,431 | 1:30,369 | 2,238 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,260 | 1:14,661 | 1,490 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2,093 | 1:22,828 | 1,499 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54% | 2,013 | 1:4,050 | 429 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1,501 | 1:423 | 98 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,486 | 1:20,324 | 1,703 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,403 | 1:5,854 | 757 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,334 | 1:6,382 | 510 |
| Cameroon | 82% | 1,267 | 1:17,056 | 1,644 |
| Russia | 90% | 1,230 | 1:117,263 | 2,127 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,035 | 1:30,716 | 2,006 |
| England | 100% | 1,026 | 1:54,194 | 2,503 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,019 | 1:10,237 | 1,203 |
| Cuba | - | 994 | 1:11,576 | 819 |
| Panama | 100% | 947 | 1:4,125 | 746 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 919 | 1:2,675 | 435 |
| Thailand | 100% | 811 | 1:86,394 | 7,681 |
| Australia | - | 794 | 1:17,201 | 1,294 |
| Nigeria | 63% | 784 | 1:226,485 | 9,402 |
| Chile | 99% | 766 | 1:22,986 | 1,180 |
| Kazakhstan | 71% | 725 | 1:24,478 | 1,375 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 710 | 1:4,828 | 480 |
| Samoa | - | 685 | 1:285 | 60 |
| Syria | - | 673 | 1:28,687 | 1,283 |
| Senegal | 58% | 614 | 1:23,748 | 1,316 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 596 | 1:10,098 | 1,065 |
| Pakistan | 75% | 533 | 1:364,649 | 9,672 |
| Ecuador | - | 524 | 1:33,830 | 1,476 |
| Egypt | 61% | 521 | 1:176,393 | 6,761 |
| Greece | 100% | 498 | 1:21,957 | 1,053 |
| France | 93% | 472 | 1:140,827 | 2,683 |
| Nepal | 67% | 469 | 1:60,741 | 4,088 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Chad | 100% | 371 | 1:36,653 | 3,873 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 359 | 1:20,158 | 1,288 |
| Malawi | 100% | 338 | 1:50,628 | 3,385 |
| Ghana | 100% | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Belgium | 100% | 334 | 1:34,401 | 2,039 |
| Benin | 100% | 329 | 1:32,145 | 2,946 |
| Uzbekistan | 89% | 311 | 1:98,992 | 2,890 |
| Sweden | 100% | 309 | 1:31,903 | 1,941 |
| Honduras | 100% | 303 | 1:29,101 | 1,755 |
| Afghanistan | 55% | 290 | 1:112,495 | 3,715 |
| Ukraine | 97% | 288 | 1:157,986 | 1,111 |
| Armenia | 99% | 273 | 1:10,691 | 901 |
| Albania | 100% | 243 | 1:12,537 | 1,860 |
| Iran | 100% | 240 | 1:327,070 | 4,810 |
| Niger | 53% | 217 | 1:88,406 | 3,475 |
| Guinea | 100% | 192 | 1:61,764 | 1,820 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Zimbabwe | 80% | 189 | 1:81,607 | 6,236 |
| Poland | 80% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Haiti | 100% | 168 | 1:63,851 | 4,032 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 161 | 1:29,615 | 1,677 |
| Malaysia | 58% | 137 | 1:222,262 | 12,472 |
| New Zealand | - | 122 | 1:37,181 | 2,281 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 119 | 1:89,087 | 2,427 |
| Kosovo | - | 118 | 1:15,775 | 1,982 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 118 | 1:47,691 | 2,311 |
| El Salvador | - | 116 | 1:54,671 | 1,653 |
| San Marino | 100% | 113 | 1:291 | 77 |
| Tanzania | 76% | 103 | 1:512,508 | 14,513 |
| Lesotho | 85% | 101 | 1:20,198 | 2,553 |
| Cambodia | 58% | 84 | 1:193,730 | 6,311 |
| Namibia | - | 82 | 1:29,319 | 2,317 |
| Ivory Coast | 65% | 80 | 1:288,449 | 12,816 |
| Scotland | 100% | 77 | 1:69,485 | 1,900 |
| Cape Verde | - | 71 | 1:7,453 | 873 |
| Belarus | 100% | 70 | 1:135,463 | 1,308 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 69 | 1:344,488 | 23,517 |
| Oman | 100% | 67 | 1:61,323 | 2,636 |
| Iraq | 100% | 63 | 1:555,839 | 5,912 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 62 | 1:9,098 | 770 |
| Ireland | 100% | 55 | 1:84,428 | 2,251 |
| Norway | 100% | 55 | 1:93,315 | 3,091 |
| Wales | 100% | 52 | 1:59,506 | 1,904 |
| Mauritania | 83% | 51 | 1:80,299 | 3,443 |
| Jordan | 100% | 49 | 1:180,138 | 2,556 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| China | - | 48 | 1:28,459,495 | 60,928 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Hungary | 100% | 45 | 1:217,595 | 1,113 |
| Estonia | 100% | 40 | 1:32,884 | 2,271 |
| Georgia | 94% | 38 | 1:98,381 | 3,625 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 36 | 1:198,666 | 12,927 |
| Denmark | - | 34 | 1:166,162 | 3,974 |
| Czechia | 89% | 30 | 1:355,205 | 2,142 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 55% | 29 | 1:205,975 | 9,814 |
| Moldova | 100% | 28 | 1:127,184 | 1,408 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Qatar | 92% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Iceland | - | 26 | 1:14,078 | 1,129 |
| Azerbaijan | 80% | 25 | 1:385,718 | 8,909 |
| Turkey | 82% | 24 | 1:3,241,738 | 18,175 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Kenya | - | 22 | 1:2,104,869 | 20,493 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 22 | 1:8,082 | 1,192 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Liberia | 58% | 21 | 1:210,098 | 7,343 |
| Zambia | - | 21 | 1:754,990 | 14,121 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:29,048 | 2,117 |
| Jamaica | - | 19 | 1:151,749 | 5,606 |
| Belize | 100% | 18 | 1:19,684 | 2,236 |
| Israel | 89% | 18 | 1:466,829 | 9,497 |
| Japan | - | 17 | 1:7,528,592 | 31,633 |
| Singapore | 100% | 17 | 1:369,827 | 10,107 |
| Finland | 68% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Hong Kong | - | 14 | 1:553,766 | 4,519 |
| Uganda | 64% | 13 | 1:3,150,532 | 34,391 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Monaco | 100% | 9 | 1:4,274 | 738 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Palestine | 100% | 8 | 1:568,757 | 3,306 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Andorra | - | 5 | 1:16,577 | 726 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 5 | 1:3,675,894 | 52,713 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 4 | 1:60,856 | 1,852 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Congo | - | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Transnistria | - | 3 | 1:158,546 | 1,411 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Mára (34), Māra (21), Mará (16), Màra (3), Marã (2), Mära (2) & Marà (1) are calculated separately.
Mara (187,491) may also be a surname.
Mara Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
May'-rah, bitter. The name given to Naomi by herself. Ruth i. 20.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: he was arrogant: bitterness.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Mara Forename Popularity
Mara Demographics
Average Male Mara Height
172.92 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 107 (2014)
Average Female Mara Height
161.94 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 329 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Mara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mara in the Russian language | ||
| Мара | mara | - |
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