Amara is used as a family name or surname in Tunisia. It is 5 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Amara?

Amara is common in Tunisia.

Amara is ranked 4632 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Amaras grew by 35.88907 per cent to 833 since 2000 and ranked 28618 after elevating 6238 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
White 56.9 63.62
Black 21.13 13.38
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 12.36 11.75
Hispanic or Latino 5.52 6.2
Amara is quite popular family name mostly used in Algeria while Sierra Leone is ahead in terms of density. Around 117814 people have been found who wears Amara as their family name. Amara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
5,340 Iceland6
59,967 Moldova4
2,871 Iraq4
671 Mali4
4,138 Bahrain3
394 The Gambia3
35,789 Turkey3
1,650 Niger3
16,605 Austria3
14,054 China3
127,708 Czech Republic3
3,861 Syria3
7,294 Kuwait3
23,165 Romania3
6,266 Luxembourg2
8,657 Lebanon2
54,135 Philippines2
3,940 Ethiopia2
11,224 Cameroon2
1,143 French Polynesia2
21,529 Singapore2
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
34,581 Chile1
4,249 Cambodia1
6,033 Benin1
58,885 Poland1
2,024 Mongolia1
11,510 Oman1
49,101 Denmark1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
4,435 Togo1
5,589 Sudan1
21,562 Portugal1
5,467 Haiti1
692 Guinea1
8,268 Mauritius1
50,549 Georgia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
2,309 Monaco1
9,116 Nicaragua1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,070 Australia45
212,163 Russia41
17,488 Norway39
26,164 Sweden36
2,953 Senegal27
62,494 Netherlands22
18,457 Scotland20
173,579 Ukraine18
12,285 Burkina Faso15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
11,610 Switzerland99
5,861 Bulgaria93
2,902 Qatar88
56,973 South Africa73
Countries with hundreds of Amara:
16,382 Indonesia723
1,484 Jordan709
15,235 Italy694
5,252 Saudi Arabia654
19,380 Germany538
4,639 Sri Lanka456
2,552 Israel448
15,367 England371
7,729 Ghana320
14,220 Spain238
1,484 Mauritania231
4,305 United Arab Emirates229
6,416 Colombia210
22,054 Canada160
25,241 Tanzania158
12,260 Belgium148
23,602 Mexico131
44,861 Argentina105
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Amara:
5,829 India8,848
3,091 Nigeria7,947
759 Morocco5,638
1,597 France4,262
212 Liberia2,984
213 Libya2,699
2,995 Egypt2,656
3,165 Kenya1,805
1,457 Ivory Coast1,753
10,032 Brazil1,367
3,860 Uganda1,307
5,032 Pakistan1,132
27,126 United States1,121
Countries with ten thousands of Amara:
83 Algeria31,685
29 Sierra Leone22,401
95 Tunisia12,780
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Laborer Ettore Amara from Carolei, Italy aboard the Karamania from Naples. He is registered to be 25 years old when he arrived in New York on October 2, 1899.

Comments

M
Micaela Buckwalter
Amara is a last name of Arab origin, derived from amar means the architect it is originally a nickname profession, became surname.

Amara Namesakes

  • Maria Adelaide Amaral, Playwright
  • Maria Adelaide Amaral, Playwright
  • Aguida Amaral, Olympic athlete
  • António Amaral, Soccer player
  • Mourad Amara, Soccer player
  • Alysson Amaral , Actor
  • Fadela Amara, French Politician
  • Manel Amara, Film actress
  • Lucine Amara, Soprano
  • Mourad Amara, Soccer player
  • In 2012, Souhir Ben Amara portrayed the role of Aïcha in drama film Millefeuille.

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