Qara Surname
Approximately 11,260 people bear this surname
Qara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 3,134 | 1:6,159 | 651 |
| Iran | 2,700 | 1:28,438 | 3,454 |
| Afghanistan | 2,158 | 1:14,900 | 871 |
| Yemen | 1,122 | 1:23,552 | 2,388 |
| Morocco | 682 | 1:50,551 | 8,318 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| Lebanon | 353 | 1:15,969 | 2,131 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Palestine | 135 | 1:33,695 | 4,258 |
| Pakistan | 110 | 1:1,624,035 | 17,073 |
| Jordan | 69 | 1:128,151 | 7,880 |
| Tunisia | 64 | 1:9,541 | 1,592 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Georgia | 14 | 1:267,539 | 13,476 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 1:1,378,446 | 18,562 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Qara (4,327) may also be a first name.
Qara Demographics
Qara Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Qara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Qara (Arabic: قرع, Georgian: ქარა) is found most frequently in Syria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Qara click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Qara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Qara is the 46,048th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 647,207 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Qara live; 45 percent live in West Asia and 44 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 105,101st most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 4,327 people.
Qara is most frequently occurring in Syria, where it is carried by 3,134 people, or 1 in 6,159. In Syria Qara is primarily found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 96 percent are found, Homs Governorate, where 4 percent are found and Damascus Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Barring Syria this last name is found in 26 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 24 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 19 percent are found.
Qara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Qara surname is chiefly Melkite Greek Catholic (62%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qara in the Georgian language | ||
| ქარა | kara | - |
| Qara in the Arabic language | ||
| قرع | qr | - |
| قعري | qry | - |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Qara
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