Kara Family History
Kara Name Meaning
Indian (Gujarat): Hindu (Bhatia) name of unknown meaning.Polish: nickname from karac ‘to punish’.Czech,
Slovak, and Hungarian: from a pet form of a personal name: Czech
Karel, Slovak Karol, Hungarian Károly, vernacular forms of
Carolus (see Charles).Czech: metonymic
occupational name for a carter, from kára ‘hand cart’.Greek: see Caras.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kara
Name Distribution of Kara Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kara families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kara families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Kara last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kara census records
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Kara Family Origin
Kara Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kara
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Kara Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kara census records
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Military Service by Kara
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| Frank Kara |  | cblodg1 | 1 |
| Seeking Kara/Karo/Cara from Ukraine | | GLINTZ98 | 1 |
| Kara Family | | 0 |
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