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The LARA surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 59,731 501 0.022 221
United States (1880 census) 260 15900 0.001 5
Change since 1880 +59471 +15399 +0.021 +216
Other Countries
Australia 108 13369 0.001 7
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for LARA by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 18,477 189 0.055 546
Texas 16,388 176 0.079 786
Florida 3,362 784 0.021 210
Illinois 3,178 469 0.026 256
Arizona 2,182 324 0.043 425
Top States for LARA by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 16,388 176 0.079 786
California 18,477 189 0.055 546
New Mexico 871 258 0.048 479
Nevada 916 305 0.046 458
Arizona 2,182 324 0.043 425

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LARA live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LARA represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LARA in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LARA by picking someone at random in Texas than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LARA

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LARA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LARA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LARA in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Asian/Pacific 639 1.07
Mixed Race 334 0.56
Black/African American 251 0.42
Native American/Alaskan 215 0.36
White (Hispanic) 54,534 91.3
White (Caucasian) 3,751 6.28

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LARA surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LARA in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of LARA.

Similar names to LARA

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LARA.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LARA

The following words are slight variants of LARA that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.