The Gara surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 613 people carried this name — #36,477 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 565 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 20 births for the Gara name in 1890.
Most were registered in Connacht. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 900 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Poland’s population register
550 people named Gara have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 602 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
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 103 people named Gara.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often La Réunion.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
47 people named Gara live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Gara 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 Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
73 people named Gara 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 Gara,
with a public archive behind them.
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Arnold Gara 1882–1929 · painter -
Illés Gara 1868–1918 · writer
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Illés Gara 1869–1918 · writer
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Ákos Gara 1877–1944 · translator
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Andy Gara 1878– · association football player
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Andy Gara 1878– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gara.
- Gantner 739 · U.S. census
- Gantz 3,177 · U.S. census
- Gantzer 340 · U.S. census
- Ganz 2,739 · U.S. census
- Ganzer 623 · U.S. census
- Gapp 496 · U.S. census
- Garabedian 1,879 · U.S. census
- Garand 625 · U.S. census
- Garant 669 · U.S. census
- Garate 968 · U.S. census
- Garay 14,393 · U.S. census
- Garbarini 241 · U.S. census
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