How common is the surname Jara?

8,790 people in the United States had the surname Jara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,125 Americans. It ranked 4,042nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Jara?

Kurt Jara, Austrian footballer and manager, followed by Franco Jara.

Where is the surname Jara most common?

Wikidata records people named Jara in Argentina, Austria and Chile.

Is the surname Jara getting more or less common?

More common. 6,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,790 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Jara

A Spanish surname, carried by 8,790 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jara is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,790 people named Jara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,125 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,359.

#4,042

rank among US surnames

8,790

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+38.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,060)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,035	Southard	8,808	35,053
#4,036	Basham	8,806	35,061
#4,037	D'Angelo	8,802	35,077
#4,038	Raney	8,801	35,081
#4,039	Lehmann	8,799	35,089
#4,040	Worthy	8,795	35,105
#4,041	Langdon	8,794	35,109

Who is named Jara

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

88% of people named Jara identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
White (not Hispanic) 8.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Jaras

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kurt Jara
Austrian footballer and manager, born 1950
Franco Jara
Argentine footballer, born 1988
Joan Jara
British-Chilean dancer and activist, 1927–2023
Leonardo Jara
Argentinian footballer. se parece al sinverguenza, born 1991

Notable Jaras come mostly from Argentina (2), Austria (1) and Chile (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Jara

Jarreau

Jara has the Soundex code J600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J600.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jara come from?: Jara is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Jara?: 8,790 people in the United States had the surname Jara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,125 Americans. It ranked 4,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jara?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Jara identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Jara?: Kurt Jara, Austrian footballer and manager, followed by Franco Jara.
Where is the surname Jara most common?: Wikidata records people named Jara in Argentina, Austria and Chile.
Is the surname Jara getting more or less common?: More common. 6,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,790 in 2010, up 38%.