Family name أرا (Ara 
, أرا) , throughout the world, is a widespread cognomen. The cognomen أرا is characteristic of India, where it is quite a common surname, Bangladesh, and Brunei, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Southern Asia, particularly India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Very seldom, أرا is the forename as well as the last name.