Last name Thera (Thera 
, 寺 
, 泰拉 ) , globally, is quite a common family name. The family name Thera is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Mali, where it is quite a common surname, Malawi, where it is a rare surname, and Ivory Coast. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Mali, China, and Indonesia. Also, Thera is the forename as well as the last name.
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narada maha thera Sri Lankan monk and missionary (1898-1983), LK (b. 1898) |
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| soma thera Buddhist writer (b. 1898) |
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| abdoulaye thera Malian judoka, ML (b. 1955) |
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| themison of thera legendary Greek merchant, GR |
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| mahamadou a. thera researcher, ML |
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| ismaila thera researcher |
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| upali thera founder of Siam Nikāya in Sri Lanka |
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| sāriputta thera 12th-cent. Sri Lankan Theravada monk |
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| siddhattha thera Sinhalese monk and author of Sārasaṅgaha |
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| dj thera NL (b. 1979) |
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