Cara Surname
Approximately 23,901 people bear this surname
Cara Surname Definition:
An old Orcadian surname now probably extinct. From the lands of Cara in South Ronaldsay. Mawnis (Magnus) Cawra was on an assize at Kirkwall in 1514 and Cristiane Caro is mentioned in 1563 (REO., p. 87,114).
Cara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,768 | 1:203,574 | 12,188 |
| Italy | 3,563 | 1:17,164 | 2,932 |
| Moldova | 2,869 | 1:1,241 | 105 |
| Spain | 2,691 | 1:17,373 | 1,951 |
| Albania | 2,121 | 1:1,374 | 181 |
| Philippines | 1,876 | 1:53,965 | 8,961 |
| Brazil | 1,132 | 1:189,112 | 7,288 |
| Argentina | 1,038 | 1:41,179 | 3,453 |
| France | 859 | 1:77,326 | 10,873 |
| United States | 835 | 1:434,083 | 37,397 |
| Belgium | 371 | 1:30,988 | 5,012 |
| Romania | 323 | 1:62,161 | 7,499 |
| Indonesia | 257 | 1:514,588 | 41,930 |
| Portugal | 217 | 1:48,010 | 2,732 |
| England | 209 | 1:266,594 | 21,098 |
| South Africa | 174 | 1:311,366 | 29,669 |
| Taiwan | 165 | 1:142,089 | 1,266 |
| Canada | 161 | 1:228,855 | 21,956 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Greece | 134 | 1:82,685 | 13,963 |
| Australia | 90 | 1:299,952 | 26,269 |
| Colombia | 66 | 1:723,850 | 8,109 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Germany | 55 | 1:1,463,736 | 89,144 |
| New Zealand | 48 | 1:94,340 | 12,897 |
| Burkina Faso | 41 | 1:447,612 | 6,554 |
| Transnistria | 39 | 1:12,172 | 2,377 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 1:582,316 | 51,332 |
| Mexico | 27 | 1:4,597,267 | 27,985 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Venezuela | 23 | 1:1,313,221 | 18,235 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Serbia | 19 | 1:376,050 | 17,192 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Kosovo | 12 | 1:155,156 | 6,641 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Nepal | 8 | 1:3,560,120 | 10,569 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 1:710,028 | 4,074 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1:512,512 | 30,386 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 101 | 1:497,215 | 35,030 |
The alternate forms: Çara (48), Cará (19), Carà (16), Câra (1) & Čára (51) are calculated separately.
Cara (249,039) may also be a first name.
Cara Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An old Orcadian surname now probably extinct. From the lands of Cara in South Ronaldsay. Mawnis (Magnus) Cawra was on an assize at Kirkwall in 1514 and Cristiane Caro is mentioned in 1563 (REO., p. 87,114).
Cara Demographics
Cara Political Affiliation
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Cara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cara (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﺭﺍ, Hindi: चड़ा) is most common in India. It can also occur as: Çara, Cará, Carà, Câra or Čára. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cara is the 22,723rd most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 304,905 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Cara reside; 27 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 16 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Cara is also the 4,228th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 249,039 people.
The surname Cara is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 3,768 people, or 1 in 203,574. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 84 percent reside, Gujarat, where 15 percent reside and Daman and Diu, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account India this last name is found in 103 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 15 percent reside and Moldova, where 12 percent reside.
Cara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Cara has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cara surname rose 827 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,045 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Cara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (57%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Cara surname are 7.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.42% registered with the political party.
The amount Cara earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 22.22% less than the national average, earning €23,356 per year; in South Africa they earn 90.38% more than the national average, earning R 452,412 per year; in Colombia they earn 32.65% more than the national average, earning $30,114,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.83% more than the national average, earning $46,526 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.33% more than the national average, earning $49,846 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﺭﺍ | sara | - |
| Cara in the Hindi language | ||
| चड़ा | cara | 66.67 |
| चड़ | cara | 16.67 |
| चाड़ | cara | 16.67 |
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