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) occurs most in Syria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Qara click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Qara? popularity and diffusion
Qara is the 46,048th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 647,207 people. Qara is primarily found in Asia, where 89 percent of Qara reside; 45 percent reside in West Asia and 44 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 105,101st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 4,327 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Syria, where it is borne by 3,134 people, or 1 in 6,159. In Syria it is primarily found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 96 percent live, Homs Governorate, where 4 percent live and Damascus Governorate, where 0 percent live. Barring Syria this last name exists in 26 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 24 percent live and Afghanistan, where 19 percent live.
Qara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Qara surname is predominantly 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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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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