Bara meaning | Last name Bara origin

Following is the meaning of Bara surname. Family name Bara is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
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).

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

Bara is common in India country(ies).

Bara is ranked 1862 in 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

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Bara

How popular is Bara?

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
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Immigrants to US

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.

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

Celebrities having Bara surname

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  • Mica Bara, from 2011 drama film Geister, who played Freundin.
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