Camara
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Camara is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. In Azerbaijan it is the 91st most common given name. Recorded meaning: West African: 'teacher'; also a Guinean surname linked to Mandinka or Soussou.
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 419as Kamala(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil1 in 6.7Kas Kamila
- FRFrance≈1 in 43K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Camara itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Poland (measured from records)
- #963 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 262 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 43K (inferred from the name graph)
111,676 named Kamila, 2026
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kamala in CZ Czechia, AZ Azerbaijan, SE Sweden, קמלה in PL Poland and Komola in UZ Uzbekistan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
West African: 'teacher'; also a Guinean surname linked to Mandinka or Soussou
Sources 1
- African Names
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Camara counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | — | 111,676as Kamila | 1 in 343 | 112K | קמלה | 3 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 37,882as Kamila | 1 in 283 | 38K | Kamala | 6 |
| BR Brazil | — | 31,743as Kamila | 1 in 6.7K | 80K | Camara | 175 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | #91 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 419 | 478 | Kamala | 34 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | listed | Komola | 14 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1,871as Kamal | 1 in 5.5K | 1.9K | Kamala | 17 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 43K | 3K | Camara | 5 |
111,676 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026, counting the spelling kamila. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); MVČR — living population register 2017; Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Camara is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of câmara.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
One who teaches from experience
as a nameThe book of African names
Teacher
as a nameThe book of African names
Matangi (N)
as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
West Africa
as a nameAfrican Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Moussa Dadis Camarab. 1964GNPresident of Guinea
- Kémoko Camarab. 1975GNGuinean footballer
- Henri Camarab. 1977SNSenegalese and French footballer
- Zoumana Camarab. 1979FRFrench football manager (born 1979)
- Souleymane Camarab. 1982SNSenegalese and French footballer
- Mohamed Ali Camarab. 1997GNGuinean footballer
- Mahdi Camarab. 1998FRFrench and Gambian footballer (born 1998)
- Mohamed Camarab. 2000MLassociation football player
- Aguibou Camarab. 2001GNGuinean football player
- Lamine Camarab. 2004SNSenegalese footballer (born 2004)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 63 sources across 40 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 80K | #332 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 2.7K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 528 | #1,800 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 81 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 81 | #34,832 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 56 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 56 | #46,306 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 29 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 27 | #96,655 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 22 | #51,047 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 21 | #15,140 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Camara mean, and where does it come from?
- West African: 'teacher'; also a Guinean surname linked to Mandinka or Soussou Recorded by African Names.
- In which country does Camara have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 112 thousand people named Kamila, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Camara?
- In Poland, the national register counted 111,676 people named Kamila in 2026, about 1 in 343 residents.
- How common is Camara compared with other names?
- In Azerbaijan, Camara is the 91st most common given name of 28,848 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/camaraThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Camara” — the 91st most common given name in Azerbaijan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.