How common is the surname Tara?

547 people in the United States had the surname Tara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 564,434 Americans. It ranked 40,082nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tara?

In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Tara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

How do you pronounce Tara?

Tara is /ˈtɑːɹə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Tara getting more or less common?

More common. 517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 547 in 2010, up 5.8%.

Is Tara also a first name?

Yes. Tara is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Tara

A surname, carried by 547 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtɑːɹə/ 2 syllables Soundex T600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tara is more common than 75.3% of them.

Origin

Borrowed from Irish Teamhrach, genitive of Teamhair, from Old Irish Temair (literally “high place”). The female given name is derived from the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind, named for the place in Ireland.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 547 people named Tara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 564,434 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 517.

#40,082

rank among US surnames

547

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #39,946)

Who is named Tara

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

59% of people named Tara identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Asian and Pacific Islander 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Tara

Tara has the Soundex code T600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T600.

Questions

Where does the surname Tara come from?: Borrowed from Irish Teamhrach, genitive of Teamhair, from Old Irish Temair (literally “high place”). The female given name is derived from the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind, named for the place in Ireland.
How common is the surname Tara?: 547 people in the United States had the surname Tara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 564,434 Americans. It ranked 40,082nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tara?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Tara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
How do you pronounce Tara?: Tara is /ˈtɑːɹə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Tara getting more or less common?: More common. 517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 547 in 2010, up 5.8%.
Is Tara also a first name?: Yes. Tara is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.