# O'Mara (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/omara/  
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 Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,792 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,993 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 64,429 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.9% (4,527 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A variant of O'Meara, from Irish Ó Meadhra (“descendant of Meadhair”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named O'Mara 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named O'Mara in the United Kingdom.

## People named O'Mara

- Kate O'Mara, British actress (1939–2014)

## Similar surnames

Omar, O'Meara, Omer.

## 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.