The Ara surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 900 people carried this name — #26,949 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 70% from 530 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 245 people named Ara live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Ara.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
43 people named Ara is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Ara,
with a public archive behind them.
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Casimiro Ara 1813–1883 · lawyer -
Casimiro Ara 1813–1883 · lawyer
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Guido Ara 1888–1975 · association football coach -
Guido Ara 1888–1975 · association football coach
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Pedro Ara Sarriá 1898–1973 · physician -
Demetrio Ara d. 1982 · notary
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ara.
- Aprahamian 326 · U.S. census
- April 1,327 · U.S. census
- Aprile 628 · U.S. census
- Apruzzese 214 · U.S. census
- Aquilina 841 · U.S. census
- Aquino 25,783 · U.S. census
- Arab 499 · U.S. census
- Arabi 189 · U.S. census
- Arabian 476 · U.S. census
- Arago 163 · U.S. census
- Aragon 25,801 · U.S. census
- Aragones 548 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ara is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.