Khara
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Khara is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A yakkha, friend of Suciloma; later becomes a sotāpanna and is described in the Suciloma Sutta; S.i.207 f.; SN p.47 f.; SNA.i.302, 305.
- INIndia1 in 56K(measured from records)
- CACanada≈1 in 359K
- PKPakistan≈1 in 381K
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 Khara 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.
- India (measured from records)
- Sources
- 118 (measured from records)
- 1 in 56K (inferred from the name graph)
23,483 people
Highest-authority source
India
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled খারা in BD Bangladesh.
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)
A yakkha, friend of Suciloma; later becomes a sotāpanna and is described in the Suciloma Sutta; S.i.207 f.; SN p.47 f.; SNA.i.302, 305.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Khara 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | 23,483 | 1 in 56K | 23K | Khara | 93 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 381K | — | Khara | 12 |
| US United States | 164 | 1 in 2M | 621 | — | 118 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | খারা | 1 |
| CA Canada | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 359K | 1 | — | 34 |
| PL Poland | 48 | 1 in 798K | 28 | — | — |
| AU Australia | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 639K | 1 | — | — |
23,483 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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)
Khara is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
an ass; hard; harsh; rough; sharp; solid; dense; cutting; thorny.
as a nameThe Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
In kaw, hard, harsh
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pi, donkey
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Maria Kharab. 1957UAUkrainian scientist
- Somnath Kharab. 1986INIndian professional footballer
- Ali Kharab. 1991IRIranian photographer
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 20 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 23K | #532 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 188 | #102,164 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 164 | #108,199 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 109 | #140,756 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 28 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 28 | #73,116 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 21 | #61,295 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 20 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 20 | #89,574 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Khara mean, and where does it come from?
- A yakkha, friend of Suciloma; later becomes a sotāpanna and is described in the Suciloma Sutta; S.i.207 f.; SN p.47 f.; SNA.i.302, 305. Recorded by Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh).
- In which country does Khara have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 23 thousand people named Khara, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled khara.
- Where is Khara most common?
- Khara is densest in India, where the national register counts about 1 in 56 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Khara?
- In India, the national register counted 23,483 people named Khara, about 1 in 56 thousand residents.
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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, “Khara”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.