The Lara surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 83,067 people carried this name — #381 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,550 people counted. That is up 39% from 59,731 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 17,646 people named Lara 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 Poland’s population register
397 people named Lara have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 452 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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 277 people named Lara.
Most of them — 149 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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
239 people named Lara live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 the Nordic population registers
82 people named Lara 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).
In print
Lara in American newspapers,
1880–1947.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 281,498 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lara,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara 1755–1813 · military personnel -
Isidore de Lara 1858–1935 · composer -
Louise Lara 1876–1952 · stage actor -
Matías Lara Merino 1885–1957 · bullfighter -
Agustín Lara 1897–1970 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 186 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lara.
- Lapp 7,761 · U.S. census
- Laprade 2,067 · U.S. census
- Lapray 179 · U.S. census
- Lapre 463 · U.S. census
- Lapree 121 · U.S. census
- Laquay 219 · U.S. census
- Larbi 331 · U.S. census
- Larcade 142 · U.S. census
- Larche 310 · U.S. census
- Larcher 126 · U.S. census
- Lard 1,214 · U.S. census
- Larde 122 · U.S. census
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