How common is the last name Lara?

83,110 people in the United States have the last name Lara, about 1 in 3,596. It ranks #374 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LARA

#374

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
83,110
About
1 in 3,596
This common or more
28.8%
Who bears it

Of the 83,110 people with the last name Lara, 92.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.5% as White and 1.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lara

#372 Terry · 83,406#373 Chang · 83,382#375 Hale · 83,103#376 Haynes · 83,022

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lara, most common first.

#16,867 Laura · 1,648#19,835 Lary · 1,359#28,926 Lare · 874#38,070 Lar · 627#54,291 Lari · 410#59,512 Larr · 367#62,349 Laro · 347#110,517 Laria · 170

Also a first name

As a first name, Lara ranks #1,286 of 53,615, with 28,726 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1969, with 1,360 births. See Lara as a first name

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