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

Family Name / Last Name: Tara
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tara

How popular is Tara?

Tara is common in India.

Tara is ranked 9933 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Tara bearers increased by 5.802708 per cent in 2010 US census to 547 since 2000, the surname slipped by 136 spots and ranked at 40082. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 58.5 64.6
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 19.38 13.54
Hispanic or Latino 14.44 10.64
Black 4.39 0
Tara is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Micronesia is ahead in terms of density. Around 54182 people have been found who wears Tara as their family name. Tara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
28,661 Serbia8
8,582 Japan6
9,391 Guyana5
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
27,602 Nigeria4
7,993 Jordan3
710 French Polynesia3
16,136 Kenya3
46,068 Philippines3
127,708 Czech Republic3
23,344 Austria2
2,151 Fiji2
2,617 Cambodia2
9,272 Ecuador2
35,969 Denmark2
34,572 Israel2
10,858 Tunisia2
443 Bhutan2
14,621 Croatia2
261 Solomon Islands2
5,859 Mauritius2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
95,312 Argentina2
21,529 Singapore2
15,705 Cameroon1
50,549 Georgia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
10,190 Bahrain1
1,281 Kiribati1
10,683 Cyprus1
353 Cook Islands1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,314 Bolivia1
2,057 Myanmar1
734 Chad1
15,162 Costa Rica1
17,236 Ghana1
24,421 Slovakia1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
4,171 Rwanda1
6,967 Macedonia1
56,169 Mexico1
9,591 Panama1
38,830 Morocco1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
11,923 Slovenia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
6,212 Jamaica1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
2,578 Guam1
7,941 Guatemala1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
20,172 Hungary1
8,859 Iraq1
11,831 Tajikistan1
8,371 Syria1
118,015 Netherlands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
50,912 Kazakhstan43
28,564 Switzerland36
8,504 Ireland33
43,662 Belgium30
3,873 Thailand24
19,469 Moldova23
42,407 Sweden22
18,457 Scotland20
12,878 Mauritania16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,534 Spain95
11,021 Chile81
4,989 Burkina Faso74
18,807 Belarus74
3,881 Hong Kong59
5,963 Latvia58
11,434 New Zealand57
26,277 Zimbabwe54
Countries with hundreds of Tara:
9,534 Turkey804
3,961 Romania605
11,594 Algeria536
45,089 Russia321
34,330 Germany303
15,301 Tanzania292
20,596 Poland286
7,134 Malaysia278
19,682 England269
8,874 Peru214
47,714 France208
40,848 Italy202
27,799 Ukraine197
11,417 Greece172
96 Micronesia160
2,461 Kuwait157
3,257 Albania148
24,192 Canada144
64,630 Brazil143
8,098 Colombia140
18,510 Australia139
1,831 Estonia123
8,435 United Arab Emirates115
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with thousands of Tara:
2,038 Bangladesh5,156
4,230 Indonesia3,416
5,476 Iran1,842
548 Papua New Guinea1,743
4,203 Pakistan1,509
23,748 United States1,308
890 Nepal1,235
Countries with ten thousands of Tara:
1,863 India30,995
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Alfonso Tara was 19 years old when he migrated to Plymouth Mass. on March 31, 1899. He lived in Cento, Italy where he worked as farmer and took Ems from Genoa. 30 years old C. Tara, Guis. Tara (42) Laborer, are other Tara that migrated to US.

Tara Namesakes

  • Rajeev Taranath, Musician
  • Kaya Tarakçı, Soccer player
  • Tatiana Tarasova, Figure skater
  • John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara, Baron Brabazon of Tara
  • Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Former President of Pakistan
  • Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Former President of Pakistan
  • Saira Afzal Tarar, Pakistani Politician
  • Jeff Tarango, Tennis player
  • Akim Taranov, Ivan Taranov's son
  • Alberto Tarantini, Soccer player

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