The Cara surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 693 people carried this name — #33,036 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 20% from 869 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 940 people named Cara 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 Mendoza.
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 278 people named Cara.
118 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Drôme.
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 240 people named Cara 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
50 people named Cara live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Cara,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gaetano Cara 1803–1877 · ornithologist
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Alberto Cara 1847– · naturalist
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Salvatore Cara 1902–1988 · politician
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Salvatore Cara 1902–1988 · politician
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Mac Cara 1914–1993 · American football player
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Nila Cara 1916–1999 · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cara.
- Caprioli 174 · U.S. census
- Capron 1,636 · U.S. census
- Capuano 2,731 · U.S. census
- Caputo 10,257 · U.S. census
- Caquelin 149 · U.S. census
- Car 767 · U.S. census
- Carabin 138 · U.S. census
- Caracciolo 1,355 · U.S. census
- Caraco 170 · U.S. census
- Caradonna 618 · U.S. census
- Caramella 139 · U.S. census
- Carballo 4,813 · U.S. census
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