Atah Surname
Approximately 6,315 people bear this surname
Atah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,649 | 1:48,546 | 3,733 |
| Cameroon | 1,508 | 1:13,773 | 1,884 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Iran | 100 | 1:767,825 | 39,004 |
| Indonesia | 54 | 1:2,449,059 | 145,688 |
| Mauritania | 42 | 1:97,497 | 6,070 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Atah (1,958) may also be a first name.
Atah Demographics
Atah Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Atah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atah (Arabic: اطه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺗﺎﻩ, Hindi: अतह, Marathi: अताह) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Atah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 77,465th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,154,006 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Atah live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 171,290th most frequently held first name globally, held by 1,958 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,649 people, or 1 in 48,546. In Nigeria Atah is most numerous in: Cross River, where 17 percent live, Anambra, where 16 percent live and Kogi, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 38 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 24 percent live and Togo, where 13 percent live.
Atah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Atah last name is predominantly Christian (91%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Atah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Atah in the Marathi language | ||
| अताह | ataha | - |
| Atah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺗﺎﻩ | atah | 72.73 |
| ﺍﻋﻄﺎﻩ | atah | 18.18 |
| ﺍﺗﺎﻩ | atah | 6.06 |
| ﺃﻋﻄﺎﻫﺎ | ataha | 3.03 |
| Atah in the Hindi language | ||
| अतह | ataha | 59.18 |
| अताह | ataha | 38.78 |
| अतहर | atahara | 2.04 |
| Atah in the Arabic language | ||
| اطه | ath | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Atah
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