Câmara Surname

2,757th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202,710 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guinea-Bissau
Highest density in:
Guinea-Bissau

Câmara Surname User-submission:

Câmara is a major Mandé surname found across Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. It is traditionally tied to an ancient warrior and noble clan, considered one of the founding Mandé lineages. In Mandé oral history, Camara families are associated with migration, settlement‑building, and leadership.

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Câmara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guinea-Bissau57,0401:308
Mali49,7561:34158
Gambia45,1371:436
Sierra Leone5,8381:1,214227
Angola5,7191:4,719676
Portugal4,4161:2,359331
Morocco3,9191:8,7971,170
Madagascar3,4921:6,7731,367
Brazil3,2441:65,9912,462
Ghana2,9791:9,0701,231
Senegal2,8941:5,038264
France2,7521:24,1362,844
Equatorial Guinea2,5491:44697
Mexico2,1191:58,5782,827
Togo1,8901:3,835622
United States1,4951:242,44723,140
Guinea1,2841:9,216326
Spain9651:48,4484,556
Gabon8591:2,199375
Saudi Arabia7161:43,0956,100
Canada5671:64,9837,565
England4061:137,23713,423
Egypt3971:231,57616,276
Australia2371:113,90612,650
Germany1931:417,12737,973
Burkina Faso1251:146,8173,794
Argentina1241:344,70527,064
Belgium1051:109,49216,366
Mauritania1011:40,5433,109
Netherlands961:175,90825,337
United Arab Emirates861:106,5389,171
South Africa841:644,97347,754
Philippines831:1,219,73895,055
Russia621:2,324,565137,882
China561:24,416,4571,335
Switzerland501:164,25815,252
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Burundi361:272,357409
Libya361:173,444826
Italy341:1,798,72686,050
Lithuania311:97,89013,114
Ivory Coast301:769,04120,891
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
Monaco261:1,42642
Central African Republic251:180,61658
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Bolivia231:461,5844,333
Israel201:427,88233,464
Luxembourg201:29,0275,175
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
India171:45,121,493474,784
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Benin131:795,04642,452
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
Iceland131:29,2382,297
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Finland111:499,70030,478
Niger111:1,744,72934,351
Puerto Rico111:322,7402,767
Tunisia111:55,5117,191
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
Romania91:2,230,87454,437
Ukraine91:5,058,077228,455
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Uruguay71:490,25125,911
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Norway61:857,04855,549
Belize51:71,0952,977
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Wales51:618,90625,852
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Congo41:1,247,27420,238
East Timor41:303,982255
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Seychelles41:23,0981,012
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Hungary31:3,272,09262,568
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Northern Cyprus31:106,3378,831
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

The alternate forms: Camara (1,753,017), Cãmara (2), Cámara (1), Camară (84), Cămară (4) & Camará (4) are calculated separately.

Câmara (96) may also be a first name.

Câmara Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Câmara is a major Mandé surname found across Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. It is traditionally tied to an ancient warrior and noble clan, considered one of the founding Mandé lineages. In Mandé oral history, Camara families are associated with migration, settlement‑building, and leadership.

- jakep2

Câmara is a major Mandé surname found across Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. It is traditionally tied to an ancient warrior and noble clan, considered one of the founding Mandé lineages. In Mandé oral history, Camara families are associated with migration, settlement‑building, and leadership.

- jakep2

The Câmara surname originates with the personage of the Portuguese navigator João Gonçalves Zarco. He was knighted as Câmara dos Lobos, which can be translated as 'wolf's layer'. João adopted this surname in 1460.

- Forebears.io Manual Submissions

Câmara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Câmara Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Câmara has its highest incidence in Guinea-Bissau. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Camara, Cãmara, Cámara, Camară, Cămară or Camará. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Câmara? popularity and diffusion

Câmara is the 2,757th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 35,951 people. The last name Câmara is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Câmara reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 28 percent reside in Luso-West Africa. Câmara is also the 968,397th most frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 96 people.

The last name is most common in Guinea-Bissau, where it is borne by 57,040 people, or 1 in 30. Apart from Guinea-Bissau this surname is found in 140 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 25 percent reside and The Gambia, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Camara941,753,017/
Cãmara942/
Cámara941/
Câmaras921/
Camară8984/
Cămară894/
Camará894/
Comara831,299/
Camarra77671/
Camaras77477/
Camaray77426/
Camayra77378/
Camarad77236/
Cammara77231/
Camarai77226/
Casmara77101/
Camarat7789/
Camaara7775/
Camarap7770/
Camarah7760/
Camarga7737/
Camaraj7729/
Camaira7724/
Camaraz7714/
Camaraa7713/
Caamara7710/
Cámaras779/
Camarau774/
Camarea773/
Comarap773/
Comarat772/
Camatra772/
Commara771/
Comaras771/
Cqamara771/
Ccamara771/
Camaroa771/
Gcamara771/
Comayras71111/
Camaraai7162/
Cheimara7144/
Coumaras7113/
Comahara719/
Camaradh716/
Comairas714/
Camairay714/
Cammarat714/
Camaraph713/
Camarras713/
Caaimara711/
Comarath711/
Camatras711/
Camarach711/
Camarais711/
Camahara711/
Cammaras710/
Kamara67828,798/
Komara6736,093/
Qamara678,000/
Camaro671,313/
Comora671,245/
Camora67696/
Qomara67156/
Comaro6757/
Cámaro674/
Commayras672/
Cammarath672/
Camarahad671/
Camaró671/
Cahaimara671/

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