Ara Surname
Approximately 410,984 people bear this surname
Ara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 209,468 | 1:3,662 | 349 |
| Bangladesh | 156,535 | 1:1,018 | 99 |
| Pakistan | 25,853 | 1:6,910 | 578 |
| Indonesia | 3,549 | 1:37,264 | 4,325 |
| Mexico | 2,042 | 1:60,787 | 2,890 |
| Spain | 1,826 | 1:25,604 | 2,678 |
| Philippines | 1,533 | 1:66,039 | 11,275 |
| Italy | 938 | 1:65,199 | 11,614 |
| Nepal | 785 | 1:36,281 | 1,284 |
| Turkey | 767 | 1:101,462 | 8,835 |
| Nigeria | 654 | 1:270,860 | 15,432 |
| United States | 637 | 1:569,009 | 46,718 |
| Venezuela | 534 | 1:56,562 | 2,671 |
| Japan | 480 | 1:266,342 | 10,476 |
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Papua New Guinea | 374 | 1:21,801 | 2,341 |
| England | 366 | 1:152,235 | 14,507 |
| Albania | 311 | 1:9,370 | 1,772 |
| Peru | 295 | 1:107,743 | 6,645 |
| France | 261 | 1:254,493 | 39,305 |
| Argentina | 246 | 1:173,754 | 14,578 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Afghanistan | 183 | 1:175,700 | 3,503 |
| Taiwan | 165 | 1:142,089 | 1,266 |
| Niger | 162 | 1:118,469 | 4,647 |
| United Arab Emirates | 147 | 1:62,328 | 5,951 |
| Brazil | 137 | 1:1,562,586 | 51,889 |
| Chile | 113 | 1:155,898 | 5,263 |
| Iran | 111 | 1:691,734 | 36,512 |
| Cuba | 108 | 1:106,692 | 3,104 |
| Bolivia | 105 | 1:101,109 | 3,944 |
| Canada | 102 | 1:361,231 | 32,546 |
| Portugal | 94 | 1:110,832 | 5,195 |
| Guatemala | 91 | 1:176,733 | 3,618 |
| Tanzania | 90 | 1:588,240 | 37,030 |
| Thailand | 81 | 1:872,078 | 137,928 |
| Malaysia | 78 | 1:378,131 | 19,929 |
| Paraguay | 73 | 1:99,134 | 2,323 |
| Australia | 58 | 1:465,443 | 35,949 |
| Belize | 55 | 1:6,463 | 1,030 |
| Panama | 53 | 1:73,816 | 3,129 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Colombia | 42 | 1:1,137,478 | 9,713 |
| Ivory Coast | 39 | 1:591,570 | 17,665 |
| Jordan | 37 | 1:238,985 | 10,121 |
| Solomon Islands | 32 | 1:18,126 | 3,487 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| Norway | 24 | 1:214,262 | 24,079 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Uruguay | 21 | 1:163,417 | 13,939 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Costa Rica | 12 | 1:398,339 | 3,755 |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 1:697,890 | 27,590 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| El Salvador | 7 | 1:906,270 | 3,798 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Ära (8) & Ará (3) are calculated separately.
Ara (84,251) may also be a first name.
Ara Demographics
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Ara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ara (Arabic: عارا, Bengali: আরা, Georgian: არა, Hindi: आरा, Marathi: आरा, Oriya: ଆରା) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Ära or Ará. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ara is the 1,313th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 17,732 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Ara reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 51 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 11,851st most numerous forename internationally, borne by 84,251 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 209,468 people, or 1 in 3,662. In India Ara is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 56 percent reside, Jharkhand, where 18 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 13 percent reside. Barring India Ara exists in 108 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 38 percent reside and Pakistan, where 6 percent reside.
Ara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ara has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 36,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ara Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ara last name are 12.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.91% registered with the political party.
The amount Ara earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 28.27% more than the national average, earning €38,520 per year; in Norway they earn 42.6% less than the national average, earning 198,651 kr per year; in Peru they earn 37.28% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,611 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.97% less than the national average, earning $17,487,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.54% more than the national average, earning $47,699 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.28% more than the national average, earning $51,311 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ara in the Georgian language | ||
| არა | ara | - |
| Ara in the Bengali language | ||
| আরা | ara | - |
| Ara in the Hindi language | ||
| आरा | ara | 98.46 |
| अरा | ara | 0.62 |
| आर | ara | 0.46 |
| ारा | ara | 0.03 |
| अर | ara | 0 |
| एरा | era | 0 |
| Ara in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆରା | ara | 97.48 |
| ଅରା | ara | 1.04 |
| ଅର | ara | 0.28 |
| ଆର | ara | 0.28 |
| Ara in the Marathi language | ||
| आरा | ara | 86.14 |
| अरा | ara | 10.91 |
| आर | ara | 2.73 |
| अर | ara | 0.23 |
| Ara in the Arabic language | ||
| عارا | ara | - |
| أرا | ara | - |
| آرا | ara | - |
| را | ra | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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