# Camara (surname)

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

A surname from Portuguese, equivalent to English Chambers.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,324 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,263 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,091 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (6,188 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Camara 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) | 45% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 14% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Camara in Brazil, Mali, Belgium, Argentina, the Kingdom of Portugal and Spain.

## People named Camara

- Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Catholic priest, archbishop of Olinda and Recife (1909–1999)
- Mohamed Camara, association football player
- Rafael Câmara, Brazilian racing driver (born 2005)
- Toumani Camara, Belgian basketball player (born 2000)
- Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Argentine novelist and journalist
- Eugênia Câmara, Brasilian actress, writer and translator (1837-1874)
- Jaime Camara, Brazilian racing driver
- Pablo Chiapella, actor

## Similar surnames

Camero, Camire, Canary, Conner, Connor, Comer, Conroy, Coomer, Chamorro, Connery, Chmura, Chenier.

## 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.