Omara is used as a family name or surname in Uganda. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Omara
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Uganda
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Omara

How popular is Omara?

Omara is common in Uganda.

Omara is ranked 6592 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Omara bearers increased by 5.853766 per cent in 2010 US census to 4792 since 2000, the surname slipped by 151 spots and ranked at 6993. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.8 93.26
Hispanic or Latino 4.17 2.69
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.17 1.7
Black 1.63 0.82
Others 0.98 1.28
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.25 0.24
Omara is quite popular family name mostly used in Egypt while Uganda is ahead in terms of density. Around 82650 people have been found who wears Omara as their family name. Omara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
318,252 Ukraine6
1,346 Bermuda6
615,517 Russia6
46,707 New Zealand5
14,580 Iran5
10,329 Pakistan3
1,922 Libya3
6,779 Nicaragua3
14,054 China3
67,494 South Africa3
32,086 Mexico3
177 Comoros2
10,183 Jordan2
24,269 Peru2
5,217 Zambia2
2,744 Rwanda2
5,936 Bahrain2
8,181 Botswana1
34,581 Chile1
29,046 Japan1
6,820 Angola1
165,773 Belarus1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
30,360 Thailand1
53,033 Nigeria1
151,601 Spain1
37,493 Austria1
3,952 Yemen1
29,774 Venezuela1
19,533 Uruguay1
153,416 Italy1
8,859 Iraq1
2,935 Madagascar1
6,688 Malawi1
38,830 Morocco1
9,498 Iceland1
3,214 Niger1
2,578 Guam1
7,191 Afghanistan1
25,746 Finland1
38,841 Scotland1
36,678 Singapore1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
2,613 The Bahamas1
4,435 Togo1
14,644 Tunisia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
176,363 Indonesia39
49,393 Netherlands35
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
117,149 France73
50,757 Canada60
237,542 India53
Countries with hundreds of Omara:
7,551 Algeria893
16,926 England328
3,466 United Arab Emirates290
2,626 Oman186
16,314 Australia162
26,965 Tanzania146
71,225 Germany134
3,314 Ireland120
75,961 Brazil111
2,299 Qatar107
3,572 Kuwait104
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Omara:
665 Sudan6,701
9,396 United States3,919
1,857 Saudi Arabia1,924
4,486 Kenya1,255
Countries with ten thousands of Omara:
319 Egypt39,122
174 Uganda26,699
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old spinner James Omara who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 11, 1846 by Atlas put out from Liverpool. Eliza Omara (20) Maid, Immigrant Denis Omara, 10 years old Maria Omara, Carpenter Jeremiah Omara, 27 years old Dennis Omara, Workman Thomas Omara, Mary Omara (20) Immigrant, Daniel Omara, aged 51, and 26 other Omara around 46.15% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin, Waterford and Cork.

Omara Namesakes

  • Amii Omara-Otunnu, Author
  • Ron Omara, Canadian football linebacker
  • Marwa Omara, Mohamed Fahmy's wife
  • Ron Omara, Canadian football linebacker
  • Marouan Omara, Film director
  • Amii Omara-Otunnu, Author
  • Abol Futouh Omara, Actor
  • Marwa Omara, Mohamed Fahmy's wife

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