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Tara Family History

Tara Name Meaning
Polish: nickname from dialect tarac sie ‘to roll or welter’.Indian (Panjab): Sikh name, probably from Panjabi tara ‘star’ (Sanskrit taraka). It is based on the name of a Jat tribe.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

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698 Immigration Records
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1,526 Military Records

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Name Distribution of Tara Families

  • Number of Tara families
     6 - 10
     3 - 5
     1 - 2
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Tara families
     8 - 13
     3 - 7
     1 - 2
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Tara last name
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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Tara Family Origin

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Tara Immigration Information

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Average Life Expectancy for Tara

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Tara Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

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Military Service by Tara

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