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    The surname Camara

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 8,324 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C560

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Camara is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    A surname from Portuguese, equivalent to English Chambers.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,324 people named Camara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,091 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,188.

    #4,263
    rank among US surnames
    8,324
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,187)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,256Scarbrough8,32737,078
    #4,259Parisi8,32637,082
    #4,261Wilhite8,32537,087
    #4,263Camara8,32437,091
    #4,265Hauck8,32237,100

    Who is named Camara

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    45% of people named Camara identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Camaras

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hélder Câmara
      Brazilian Catholic priest, archbishop of Olinda and Recife (1909–1999)
    • Mohamed Camara
      Association football player, born 2000
    • Rafael Câmara
      Brazilian racing driver (born 2005)
    • Toumani Camara
      Belgian basketball player (born 2000)
    • Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
      Argentine novelist and journalist, born 1968
    • Eugênia Câmara
      Brasilian actress, writer and translator (1837-1874)
    • Jaime Camara
      Brazilian racing driver, born 1980
    • Pablo Chiapella
      Actor, born 1976

    Notable Camaras come mostly from Brazil (3), Mali (1) and Belgium (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Camara

    Camara has the Soundex code C560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C560.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Camara come from?
    Camara is Portuguese in origin.
    How common is the surname Camara?
    8,324 people in the United States had the surname Camara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,091 Americans. It ranked 4,263rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Camara?
    In the 2010 Census, 45% of people named Camara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Camara?
    Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Catholic priest, archbishop of Olinda and Recife (1909–1999), followed by Mohamed Camara.
    Where is the surname Camara most common?
    Wikidata records people named Camara in Brazil, Mali and Belgium and 3 other countries.
    Is the surname Camara getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,324 in 2010, up 35%.