Azara (name)

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Azara is a surname. It is widely used in the north of Sardinia.{{cite web|author=Ettore Rossoni|title=Ricerca Origine etimologica dei cognomi Italiani|website=Heraldrys Institute of Rome|date=3 February 2012|language=it|access-date=25 September 2023| url=https://www.heraldrysinstitute.com/lang/it/origine/idc/Azara/}} In a linguistic study dated 2006 it was found to be the tenth most common surname in the island.{{cite news|title=Cognomi tempiesi, ecco i più diffusi|work=La Nuova Sardegna|date=3 September 2017

|language=it|url=https://www.lanuovasardegna.it/olbia/cronaca/2017/09/03/news/cognomi-tempiesi-ecco-i-piu-diffusi-1.15808047|access-date=25 September 2023}} Notable people with the surname are as follows:

• Antonio Azara (1883–1967), Italian jurist and politician
• Antonio María Cascajares y Azara (1834–1901), Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal
• Bachir Sid Azara (born 1996), Algerian wrestler
• Eusebio Bardají y Azara (1776–1842), Spanish politician and diplomat
• Félix de Azara (1746–1821), a naturalist, brother of José
• José Nicolás de Azara (1730–1804), a Spanish diplomat
• Nancy Azara (born 1939), an American sculptor