Ara is used as a family name or surname in Bangladesh. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ara
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Bangladesh
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ara

How popular is Ara?

Ara is common in Bangladesh.

Ara is ranked 1626 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Aras grew by 69.81132 per cent to 900 since 2000 and ranked 26949 after elevating 12162 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 59.67 49.43
Hispanic or Latino 19.78 22.26
White 16.44 20.19
Black 2.11 1.13
Ara is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Bangladesh is ahead in terms of density. Around 332875 people have been found who wears Ara as their family name. Ara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
5,340 Iceland6
13,220 Thailand6
10,935 Armenia5
10,542 China4
23,165 Romania3
3,752 Iraq3
18,114 Algeria3
7,993 Jordan3
10,267 Sri Lanka2
4,104 South Korea2
4,086 Angola2
24,766 Scotland2
787 Andorra2
82,478 South Africa2
2,085 Nepal2
9,272 Ecuador2
8,657 Lebanon2
2,794 El Salvador2
11,224 Cameroon2
34,681 Norway2
7,299 Estonia2
19,046 Ireland2
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
49,101 Denmark1
6,149 Ethiopia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
13,606 Senegal1
37,779 Serbia1
3,586 Honduras1
3,071 Jersey1
17,575 Kuwait1
25,746 Finland1
5,924 Paraguay1
9,591 Panama1
4,249 Cambodia1
11,510 Oman1
5,916 Mozambique1
10,190 Bahrain1
8,371 Syria1
37,493 Austria1
2,024 Mongolia1
10,683 Cyprus1
6,688 Malawi1
16,283 Lithuania1
9,116 Nicaragua1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
23,537 Switzerland45
2,045 Japan39
26,164 Sweden36
9,620 Singapore30
43,662 Belgium30
62,494 Netherlands22
3,852 Costa Rica15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,134 Portugal92
5,778 Uruguay86
29,457 Australia78
17,264 Israel59
Countries with hundreds of Ara:
11,183 Italy963
2,745 Venezuela753
43,763 United States626
2,154 Guatemala615
4,661 Malaysia481
10,900 Morocco470
27,752 Philippines451
23,687 France416
2,727 Chile405
6,421 Peru356
31,047 Germany336
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
23,245 England215
6,416 Colombia210
3,434 Bolivia195
28,734 Poland191
26,491 Canada130
15,938 Greece123
7,901 United Arab Emirates122
3,842 Albania118
33,673 Tanzania109
Countries with thousands of Ara:
2,170 Iran5,322
4,482 Indonesia3,193
3,099 Mexico2,460
4,725 Turkey1,956
2,670 Spain1,778
9,511 Brazil1,447
4,504 Argentina1,150
Countries with ten thousands of Ara:
1,205 Pakistan10,812
Countries with hundred thousands of Ara:
357 India193,364
182 Bangladesh103,128
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Giovanni Ara worked as farmer and hailed from Italy. 21 years old embarked for USA from Havre on La Champagne and arrived on December 1, 1890. 28 years old Giovanni Ara, 25 years old Luigia Ara, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

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Nidia Sircy
Ara is an original Basque name meaning valley or field it is originally a nickname carateristique a home or designating the owner of a field.

Ara Namesakes

  • Mala Aravindan, Theatre actor
  • Aaliyah Arab, Actress
  • Mala Aravindan, Theatre actor
  • G. Aravindan, Film director
  • Marko Arapović, Basketball Player
  • Aleksandar Aranitović, Basketball Player
  • Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Politician
  • Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Former King of Saudi Arabia
  • Faisal of Saudi Arabia, King
  • Khalid of Saudi Arabia, King
  • In 2015 crime and mystery flick, 360 Degree, Alireza Ara played Chakmeh Poosh.
  • In 2010, Gulshan Ara played the role of N in action flick Mayer Chokh.
  • Kumiko Ara portrayed minor role of Kyôko in 1967 0 movie Onna no yorokobi.
  • In 1965, Husn Ara portrayed the role of N in action and history movie Azmat-e-Islam.
  • In 2018, Fabien Ara portrayed the role of Victor in drama, horror flick Tranches de Vi.

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