Ata Forename
9,292nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 110,599 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Kiribati
Ata Forename User-submission:
Ata is the anglicized form of several names.
(Arabic) The name 'Aṭā (عطا) means 'gift'. It also appears in Persian (عطا).
(Turkish) Ata is a masculine given name, meaning 'forefather'. In Fante, Ata means 'one of twins'.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 86% | 30,218 | 1:6,432 | 840 |
| India | 96% | 18,700 | 1:64,967 | 8,455 |
| Indonesia | 50% | 12,955 | 1:19,912 | 2,811 |
| Iran | 53% | 7,168 | 1:10,951 | 824 |
| Egypt | 90% | 5,227 | 1:17,582 | 1,401 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4,827 | 1:16,118 | 1,364 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4,663 | 1:6,608 | 1,021 |
| Ethiopia | 63% | 3,699 | 1:26,375 | 3,273 |
| Bangladesh | 82% | 2,933 | 1:54,368 | 4,535 |
| Togo | - | 2,802 | 1:2,584 | 421 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,181 | 1:17,335 | 1,813 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 2,004 | 1:2,731 | 378 |
| Iraq | 89% | 1,994 | 1:17,562 | 1,058 |
| Nigeria | 78% | 1,402 | 1:126,651 | 6,533 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56% | 1,082 | 1:7,534 | 791 |
| Ghana | - | 955 | 1:28,258 | 1,855 |
| United States | 90% | 763 | 1:475,147 | 12,774 |
| Mali | 86% | 552 | 1:30,757 | 1,962 |
| DR Congo | 81% | 466 | 1:158,428 | 7,430 |
| Niger | 80% | 389 | 1:49,316 | 2,443 |
| Senegal | 98% | 366 | 1:39,840 | 1,770 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 318 | 1:102,590 | 3,562 |
| Canada | 100% | 275 | 1:120,485 | 5,673 |
| Kiribati | - | 274 | 1:414 | 154 |
| Yemen | - | 257 | 1:102,322 | 1,450 |
| Poland | 99% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| England | 100% | 224 | 1:248,227 | 6,736 |
| Jordan | 61% | 220 | 1:40,122 | 1,426 |
| Philippines | 59% | 198 | 1:535,401 | 17,526 |
| Azerbaijan | 54% | 186 | 1:51,844 | 3,175 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Morocco | 100% | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Russia | 79% | 155 | 1:930,540 | 8,234 |
| Lebanon | 71% | 146 | 1:38,545 | 2,091 |
| Nepal | 68% | 144 | 1:197,829 | 8,478 |
| Qatar | 100% | 138 | 1:17,171 | 2,552 |
| Germany | 80% | 123 | 1:785,999 | 6,839 |
| Malaysia | 67% | 108 | 1:281,944 | 14,669 |
| New Zealand | - | 104 | 1:43,616 | 2,517 |
| Palestine | 82% | 102 | 1:44,608 | 1,434 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 83 | 1:3,833 | 734 |
| Brazil | 58% | 82 | 1:2,612,636 | 50,582 |
| Sweden | 92% | 74 | 1:133,215 | 5,291 |
| Solomon Islands | 50% | 67 | 1:8,671 | 906 |
| Benin | 54% | 64 | 1:165,248 | 8,434 |
| Netherlands | 74% | 60 | 1:281,701 | 9,059 |
| Syria | - | 54 | 1:357,520 | 2,641 |
| Kosovo | - | 53 | 1:35,122 | 3,085 |
| France | 97% | 49 | 1:1,356,538 | 9,323 |
| Australia | - | 48 | 1:284,534 | 5,908 |
| Thailand | 88% | 46 | 1:1,523,170 | 47,664 |
| Ivory Coast | 53% | 43 | 1:536,650 | 19,525 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 42 | 1:514,536 | 16,497 |
| Belgium | 57% | 41 | 1:280,245 | 5,847 |
| South Africa | 59% | 40 | 1:1,363,316 | 46,664 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 40 | 1:178,800 | 11,813 |
| American Samoa | - | 37 | 1:1,509 | 210 |
| Botswana | 100% | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 36 | 1:97,902 | 2,885 |
| Ukraine | 55% | 36 | 1:1,263,886 | 3,862 |
| Italy | 84% | 34 | 1:1,795,944 | 12,956 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 33 | 1:537,783 | 7,660 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 30 | 1:792,323 | 34,623 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Oman | 75% | 22 | 1:186,758 | 3,229 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 22 | 1:701,083 | 28,034 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 20 | 1:349,520 | 6,601 |
| Israel | 59% | 18 | 1:466,829 | 9,497 |
| Burkina Faso | 57% | 17 | 1:1,081,145 | 29,013 |
| Mauritania | 73% | 17 | 1:240,896 | 6,629 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Norway | 56% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Venezuela | 75% | 15 | 1:2,013,460 | 35,361 |
| Denmark | - | 14 | 1:403,536 | 6,849 |
| Montenegro | - | 13 | 1:48,814 | 2,166 |
| Bhutan | 91% | 12 | 1:68,744 | 1,925 |
| Latvia | 67% | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Switzerland | 61% | 11 | 1:746,681 | 9,974 |
| Tunisia | 67% | 11 | 1:61,537 | 2,905 |
| Armenia | 100% | 10 | 1:291,875 | 4,379 |
| Cambodia | 78% | 10 | 1:1,627,333 | 20,911 |
| China | - | 10 | 1:136,605,578 | 66,281 |
| Austria | 63% | 9 | 1:946,022 | 6,960 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:5,459 | 808 |
| Finland | 83% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Tuvalu | - | 9 | 1:1,237 | 11 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Hungary | 88% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Mexico | 100% | 8 | 1:15,518,053 | 39,880 |
| Algeria | 100% | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Scotland | 100% | 7 | 1:764,338 | 8,248 |
| Colombia | - | 6 | 1:7,963,154 | 36,949 |
| Georgia | 100% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Spain | - | 6 | 1:7,754,994 | 17,266 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Uganda | 80% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Czechia | 65% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Chile | - | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
The alternate forms: Ätã (1) are calculated separately.
Ata (90,646) may also be a surname.
Ata Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Ata is the anglicized form of several names.
(Arabic) The name 'Aṭā (عطا) means 'gift'. It also appears in Persian (عطا).
(Turkish) Ata is a masculine given name, meaning 'forefather'. In Fante, Ata means 'one of twins'.
Arabic pronunciation: [ʕatˤaː].
Persian pronunciation: [ʔætɒː].
Turkish pronunciation: [ˈata].
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Sample size: 147 (2014)
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Ata Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ata in the Russian language | ||
| Ата | ata | - |
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