# Bara (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bara/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,844 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,792 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 167,433 people |
| Change since 2000 | -18.3% (2,257 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bara in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 62% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 27% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bara in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Bara

- Theda Bara, American actress (1885–1955)
- Jules Bara, Belgian politician (1835-1900)

## Similar surnames

Barry, Barr, Barrow, Baer, Bair, Bear, Bahr, Bare, Barrie, Baur, Barra, Barre.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.