Hara Surname
Approximately 323,267 people bear this surname
Hara Surname Definition:
Ó hEaghra An important sept located in Co.
Sligo; a branch migrated to the Glens of Antrim. Bibl; IF 173; Map Ant and Sligo
Hara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 259,549 | 1:493 | 67 |
| Malawi | 21,932 | 1:781 | 59 |
| India | 11,695 | 1:65,589 | 4,465 |
| Zambia | 7,254 | 1:2,185 | 300 |
| United States | 3,237 | 1:111,974 | 12,153 |
| Indonesia | 2,650 | 1:49,905 | 5,597 |
| Brazil | 2,207 | 1:96,998 | 3,643 |
| Philippines | 1,660 | 1:60,987 | 10,313 |
| Chad | 1,444 | 1:9,413 | 1,247 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Cameroon | 1,063 | 1:19,538 | 2,659 |
| Pakistan | 903 | 1:197,834 | 4,855 |
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| Papua New Guinea | 791 | 1:10,308 | 881 |
| Morocco | 716 | 1:48,151 | 7,863 |
| Thailand | 649 | 1:108,842 | 15,888 |
| Poland | 614 | 1:61,904 | 9,713 |
| Zimbabwe | 438 | 1:35,247 | 5,440 |
| England | 405 | 1:137,575 | 13,447 |
| Benin | 353 | 1:29,279 | 3,865 |
| Finland | 269 | 1:20,434 | 2,889 |
| Canada | 261 | 1:141,171 | 14,531 |
| Ukraine | 203 | 1:224,250 | 29,869 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Romania | 191 | 1:105,120 | 11,885 |
| Hong Kong | 169 | 1:43,405 | 774 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| South Africa | 152 | 1:356,432 | 32,570 |
| Ireland | 147 | 1:32,034 | 2,756 |
| Argentina | 137 | 1:311,996 | 24,829 |
| Turkey | 119 | 1:653,962 | 34,245 |
| France | 115 | 1:577,589 | 77,507 |
| Australia | 95 | 1:284,165 | 25,304 |
| Germany | 86 | 1:936,110 | 65,790 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| Northern Ireland | 77 | 1:23,962 | 2,720 |
| Tanzania | 73 | 1:725,228 | 41,094 |
| Mexico | 69 | 1:1,798,931 | 17,818 |
| Spain | 66 | 1:708,364 | 30,810 |
| Singapore | 64 | 1:86,058 | 3,478 |
| Russia | 58 | 1:2,484,880 | 144,115 |
| Burkina Faso | 56 | 1:327,716 | 5,601 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| Greece | 41 | 1:270,239 | 40,426 |
| Malaysia | 39 | 1:756,262 | 35,302 |
| Hungary | 36 | 1:272,674 | 21,202 |
| Iran | 36 | 1:2,132,848 | 74,334 |
| Solomon Islands | 35 | 1:16,572 | 3,167 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 1:582,316 | 51,332 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Norway | 21 | 1:244,871 | 26,357 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:254,944 | 12,577 |
| China | 20 | 1:68,366,078 | 3,721 |
| Bulgaria | 19 | 1:367,311 | 17,687 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Austria | 18 | 1:473,080 | 46,251 |
| Peru | 17 | 1:1,869,654 | 24,503 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Paraguay | 10 | 1:723,675 | 8,089 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:42,911 | 3,686 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 105 | 1:42,189 | 3,787 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34 | 1:716,923 | 33,560 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 95 | 1:528,618 | 36,719 |
The alternate forms: Hâra (31) are calculated separately.
Hara (76,273) may also be a first name.
Hara Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ó hEaghra An important sept located in Co.
Sligo; a branch migrated to the Glens of Antrim. Bibl; IF 173; Map Ant and Sligo
Hara Demographics
Average Male Hara Height
172.65 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hara (Arabic: هارا, Bengali: হর, Hindi: हरा, Marathi: हरा, Oriya: ହାରା, Tibetan: ཧ་རི་) is most common in Japan. It can appear in the variant forms: Hâra. For other possible spellings of Hara click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hara is the 1,703rd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,543 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Hara are found; 80 percent are found in East Asia and 80 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 12,885th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 76,273 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 259,549 people, or 1 in 493. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Kanagawa Prefecture, where 11 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 11 percent are found and Fukuoka Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Other than Japan this last name exists in 121 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 7 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Hara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hara has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hara last name rose 3,407 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 140 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (88%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Hara surname are 11.75% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.98% registered with the political party.
The amount Hara earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.76% less than the national average, earning 312,296 kr per year; in Peru they earn 204.25% more than the national average, earning S/. 58,979 per year; in South Africa they earn 35.62% less than the national average, earning R 152,988 per year; in United States they earn 14.57% more than the national average, earning $49,434 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.87% more than the national average, earning $58,066 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hara in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཧ་རི་ | hari | - |
| Hara in the Hindi language | ||
| हरा | hara | 85.4 |
| हारा | hara | 10.57 |
| हर | hara | 1.85 |
| हाड़ा | hara | 0.5 |
| ीहरा | ihara | 0.17 |
| हरेा | harea | 0.17 |
| हीरा | hira | 0.17 |
| हरे | hare | 0.17 |
| हरी | hari | 0.17 |
| हाडा | hada | 0.17 |
| Hara in the Marathi language | ||
| हरा | hara | 83.8 |
| हारा | hara | 15.64 |
| हर | hara | 0.56 |
| Hara in the Oriya language | ||
| ହାରା | hara | 76.53 |
| ହର | hara | 14.36 |
| ହାର | hara | 6.05 |
| ହରା | hara | 0.82 |
| ହରି | hari | 0.13 |
| ହୀରା | hira | 0.07 |
| େହମ | ehama | 0.04 |
| ଥପା | thapa | 0.02 |
| ଆଦର | adara | 0.02 |
| େହାର | ehara | 0.02 |
| ଝର | jhara | 0.02 |
| Hara in the Bengali language | ||
| হর | hara | 66.67 |
| হারা | hara | 13.33 |
| হরমালা | haramala | 13.33 |
| হরশচী | harasaci | 6.67 |
| Hara in the Arabic language | ||
| هارا | hara | - |
| هراء | hra | - |
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Hara Reference & Research
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O'Hara FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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