Atalla Surname
Approximately 10,160 people bear this surname
Atalla Surname User-submission:
The surname Atalla or Atallah derives from ata, which means 'gift' in Arabic, and allah, which means 'God' in Arabic. Therefore the meaning of the surname is 'gift of God'.
Atalla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 7,810 | 1:11,772 | 1,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| United States | 565 | 1:641,520 | 51,556 |
| Brazil | 337 | 1:635,235 | 23,555 |
| Canada | 138 | 1:266,997 | 25,150 |
| England | 71 | 1:784,761 | 42,668 |
| Australia | 61 | 1:442,552 | 34,724 |
| Uganda | 57 | 1:684,900 | 34,656 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Jordan | 33 | 1:267,953 | 10,595 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Atalla (771) may also be a first name.
Atalla Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Atalla or Atallah derives from ata, which means 'gift' in Arabic, and allah, which means 'God' in Arabic. Therefore the meaning of the surname is 'gift of God'.
- sofiaatallaAtalla Demographics
Average Male Atalla Height
174.59 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Atalla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atalla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atalla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻄﻠﻞ, Hindi: अतल्ला, Marathi: अताळला, Russian: Аталла) is found most frequently in Egypt. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Atalla? popularity and diffusion
Atalla is the 50,496th most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 717,278 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Atalla reside; 77 percent reside in North Africa and 77 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 295,600th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 771 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 7,810 people, or 1 in 11,772. Apart from Egypt this surname occurs in 55 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Atalla Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Atalla surname are 10.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.55% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Atalla earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 20.14% more than the national average, earning $51,838 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.3% less than the national average, earning $48,540 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Atalla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Atalla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻄﻠﻞ | mtll | - |
| Atalla in the Marathi language | ||
| अताळला | atalala | - |
| Atalla in the Hindi language | ||
| अतल्ला | atalla | 66.67 |
| अताल्ला | atalla | 33.33 |
| Atalla in the Russian language | ||
| Аталла | atalla | - |
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Footnotes
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