Bara is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bara
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: Name fairly common in the Nord department and Belgium. Is the nickname of a cunning man, misleading (former French barat = cunning, deceit). Note also the Walloon bara (= ram). Bara is also an Arabic name of person (Bara pure =, Baraoui derivative). It is also a Polish name (either hypocoristic Bartlomiej or derived from the German Bär = bear). Some Bara finally Italy (obscure meaning).

How popular is Bara?

Bara is common in India.

Bara is ranked 1862 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Baras plummeted by 18.29863 per cent to 1844 since 2000 and slipped by 3202 spots and ranked at 15792. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 62.42 68.76
Hispanic or Latino 27.22 22.2
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.34 1.77
Black 3.47 4.92
Others 1.9 1.86
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65 0.49
Bara is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Burkina Faso is ahead in terms of density. Around 293793 people have been found who wears Bara as their family name. Bara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
3,259 Ivory Coast5
1,039 Libya5
11,480 Japan4
8,689 Pakistan4
16,136 Kenya3
30,723 Georgia3
11,532 Croatia3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
7,294 Kuwait3
26,321 Israel3
3,752 Iraq3
323 Somalia3
3,437 Sudan2
6,977 Tajikistan2
15,999 Slovakia2
21,529 Singapore2
18,718 Thailand2
706 Burundi2
6,266 Luxembourg2
7,299 Estonia2
20,595 China2
8,657 Lebanon2
5,859 Mauritius2
5,671 Guatemala2
13,552 Qatar2
5,936 Bahrain2
2,024 Mongolia1
62,864 New Zealand1
12,741 Ecuador1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
31,584 Peru1
19,533 Uruguay1
90,903 Moldova1
6,820 Angola1
10,958 Bangladesh1
7,314 Bolivia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
24,771 Colombia1
340 Comoros1
2,505 Congo1
2,877 Cuba1
10,683 Cyprus1
25,746 Finland1
15,162 Costa Rica1
2,715 Gabon1
6,212 Jamaica1
21,562 Portugal1
11,923 Slovenia1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
7,895 South Korea1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
9,591 Panama1
11,510 Oman1
47,891 Norway1
2,057 Myanmar1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,040 Mali1
16,283 Lithuania1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,292 Vietnam1
18,969 Wales1
16,640 Hong Kong1
4,171 Rwanda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
16,483 Chile45
70,042 Kazakhstan29
14,963 Scotland26
1,555 Iceland25
20,233 Denmark25
467 Andorra22
11,387 Ireland22
53,698 Belarus18
10,355 Nigeria14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,581 Sweden87
15,572 Switzerland72
35,569 Netherlands62
Countries with hundreds of Bara:
1,049 Nepal926
11,858 Italy907
16,159 Philippines902
1,456 Hungary883
5,769 Spain739
11,515 Iran716
8,811 Egypt613
5,019 Ghana559
20,699 Germany504
11,777 Argentina463
14,184 South Africa438
2,738 Jordan370
16,099 England350
1,290 El Salvador345
12,518 Mexico340
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
6,650 Malaysia304
6,232 Greece295
6,890 Zimbabwe283
50,421 Russia280
14,837 Canada252
22,396 Turkey245
7,469 Belgium245
18,581 Tanzania231
24,533 Ukraine224
8,330 Czech Republic215
1,602 Latvia190
6,898 Tunisia165
8,140 Austria157
2,151 Mauritania152
3,257 Albania148
7,901 United Arab Emirates122
22,774 Australia108
1,355 Senegal103
Countries with thousands of Bara:
812 Algeria6,962
558 Romania4,947
2,177 France3,331
1,064 Syria3,233
1,773 Morocco2,752
654 Niger2,231
1,911 Cameroon1,883
1,005 Benin1,875
7,509 Brazil1,860
3,427 Poland1,719
20,942 United States1,524
Countries with ten thousands of Bara:
152 Burkina Faso18,397
1,113 Indonesia14,222
Countries with hundred thousands of Bara:
327 India215,213
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old workman Patk. Bara who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on November 22, 1851 by Gov. Hinckley put out from Glasgow.

From Italy

Angelo Bara worked as farmer and hailed from Italy. 23 years old embarked for USA from Havre on La Champagne and arrived on September 19, 1887. Antonio Bara, aged 27, Celina Bara, aged Of unknown age, 25 years old Dom. Bara, Emilia Bara (28) Cultivator, 29 years old Emmanuel Bara, 29 years old Francesco Bara, Gio.Bap Bara, aged 38, 36 years old Giovanni Bara, and 11 other Bara around 50% of whom were laborer while others worked as cultivator migrated to US.

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 Bara is a surname meaning deception, trickery, in old French and Occitan it is originally a cunning man became nickname name.
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Ayush Bara 22nd May 2023 , 8:14 AM
Bara surname mostly used by Oraon community

Bara Namesakes

  • Nizar Baraka, Politician
  • Abdelkader Bara, Film actor
  • Jacob Baradaeus, Bishop
  • Adi Barash, Film director
  • Adib Barakat, Soccer player
  • Adnan Barakat, Soccer player
  • Adolfo Barán, Soccer player
  • Adria Baratta, Actress
  • Adriano Baracco, Screenwriter
  • Fátimih Baraghání, Poet
  • Mica Bara, from 2011 drama film Geister, who played Freundin.

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