The Bara surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,257 people carried this name — #12,590 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 119,000 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
1,394 people named Bara have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,595 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,092 people named Bara.
103 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 71 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 249 people named Bara live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
75 people named Bara live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bara.
- Baptista 3,050 · U.S. census
- Baptiste 7,353 · U.S. census
- Baque 231 · U.S. census
- Baquero 720 · U.S. census
- Baquet 308 · U.S. census
- Bar 759 · U.S. census
- Baraban 147 · U.S. census
- Barabas 600 · U.S. census
- Barabe 206 · U.S. census
- Baracco 116 · U.S. census
- Barach 315 · U.S. census
- Barada 273 · U.S. census
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