Lara surname meaning

Lara is chiefly a Spanish habitational surname from Lara de los Infantes, a locality in the province of Burgos. A family called Lara could therefore be identified by origin in that place, while later migration carried the surname far beyond its original geography. Larrea and Larra may look similar because of Iberian language and spelling patterns, but they are not automatic variants of Lara. The deeper pre-Roman history of the place-name is not treated as a literal translation here. Place is the catalog type, and two independent surname references support the habitational explanation with high confidence.