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

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

How popular is Mara?

Mara is common in India.

Mara is ranked 3574 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mara bearers increased by 1.860786 per cent in 2010 US census to 2956 since 2000, the surname slipped by 594 spots and ranked at 10790. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.9 77.39
Hispanic or Latino 14.38 9.75
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.37 7.37
Black 3.08 0
Others 2 2.69
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.27 0
Mara is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 152108 people have been found who wears Mara as their family name. Mara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
21,957 Georgia7
8,969 Armenia7
5,340 Iceland6
3,259 Ivory Coast5
572 Mali5
1,107 Niger5
11,802 Egypt4
10,542 China4
14,400 Uzbekistan3
9,097 Wales3
856 Congo3
394 The Gambia3
26,321 Israel3
1,169 Montenegro3
9,077 Lithuania3
662 New Caledonia3
14,078 Japan3
32,695 Nigeria3
18,718 Thailand2
12,172 Ghana2
8,995 Uganda2
2,794 El Salvador2
5,442 Turkmenistan2
4,086 Angola2
5,139 Bolivia2
261 Vanuatu2
8,593 Slovenia2
10,858 Tunisia2
4,781 Malawi2
10,284 Kuwait2
2,401 Honduras2
6,900 Oman2
15,999 Slovakia2
717 Bhutan1
16,228 Bulgaria1
17,768 Pakistan1
15,705 Cameroon1
6,033 Benin1
47,891 Norway1
10,190 Bahrain1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
5,872 Namibia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
5,916 Mozambique1
12,745 Luxembourg1
6,967 Macedonia1
9,591 Panama1
12,270 Lebanon1
1,819 Laos1
11,831 Tajikistan1
5,553 Taiwan1
6,149 Ethiopia1
7,895 South Korea1
624 Solomon Islands1
49,101 Denmark1
5,467 Haiti1
36,678 Singapore1
353 Cook Islands1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
8,859 Iraq1
586 San Marino1
116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1
2,024 Mongolia1
3,071 Jersey1
10,958 Bangladesh1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,718 Serbia49
5,205 Qatar49
4,813 Hong Kong47
12,247 Moldova41
6,548 Mauritania39
3,852 Costa Rica15
12,285 Burkina Faso15
3,733 Nicaragua13
39,654 Kyrgyzstan12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
503 French Polynesia79
22,440 Belgium74
9,536 Finland72
7,449 Scotland66
35,569 Netherlands62
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
1,594 Cyprus60
11,116 New Zealand59
22,804 Belarus58
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Mara:
11,469 Germany874
10,487 France869
6,423 Morocco805
9,534 Turkey804
11,515 Iran716
2,189 Greece713
24,168 Russia673
7,620 Tanzania645
3,241 Venezuela602
4,155 Malaysia556
9,056 Kenya549
11,968 England511
3,646 Czech Republic464
13,246 Algeria446
15,361 South Africa402
5,933 Peru399
3,160 Hungary393
3,041 Austria367
7,813 Australia366
1,472 Ireland366
10,785 Canada364
10,309 Spain359
305 Fiji340
17,922 Poland334
17,482 Ukraine324
4,076 Chile252
2,452 Portugal249
3,873 Guatemala246
2,052 Uruguay232
2,362 Paraguay227
13,612 Kazakhstan195
4,607 Ecuador184
2,926 Dominican Republic180
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
2,223 Latvia146
6,015 Croatia136
9,988 Switzerland117
2,121 Puerto Rico109
16,740 Zimbabwe102
Countries with thousands of Mara:
411 Madagascar8,075
2,596 Indonesia5,735
10,208 United States3,572
4,557 Philippines2,964
2,802 Mexico2,879
264 Papua New Guinea2,740
4,253 Italy2,463
852 Cambodia2,150
1,178 Romania2,129
301 Senegal2,041
2,972 Argentina1,672
2,280 Colombia1,275
391 Albania1,153
Countries with ten thousands of Mara:
387 Brazil55,076
42 Guinea27,814
3,902 India13,543
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ellen Mara was 23 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 1, 1846. She lived in Ireland where she worked as maid and took Waterloo from Liverpool. Maid Catherine Mara, 21 years old Margt. Mara, Maid Nancy Mara, Spinster Catharine Mara, James Mara, aged 16, Michael Mara (29) Farmer, Immigrant Mrs Mara, 20 years old Thomas Mara, and 236 other Mara around 45.24% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, shoemaker, carpenter migrated to US.

From Italy

Antonio Mara worked as farmer and hailed from Italy. 18 years old embarked for USA from Havre on La Champagne and arrived on April 30, 1888. 54 years old Antonio Mara, 32 years old C. Mara, 6 months old C. Mara, Dessolina Mara (2) Peasant, 29 years old Eugenia Mara, Laborer Francesco Mara, 30 years old Giovanni Mara, Giuliano Mara (32) Laborer, and 13 other Mara around 50% of whom were laborer while others worked as peasant migrated to US from Naples, Bordeaux, Havre, Marseilles & Naples and Genoa.

Comments

J
Jamison Faye
Mara is a name of an ancient family domiciled in Sardinia, Cagliari has it may be that this nomsoit Spanish or Semitic origin.

Mara Namesakes

  • Abd al-Qadir Maraghi, Musician
  • Abd al-Qadir Maraghi, Musician
  • Raimund Marasigan, Musician
  • Achille Marazza, Politician
  • Adele Mara, Actress
  • Adele Mara, Actress
  • Adele Mara, Actress
  • Adnan Maral, Actor
  • Adriana Maraž, Graphic Artist
  • Adele Mara, Actress

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