Lota Surname
Approximately 15,483 people bear this surname
Lota Surname Definition:
Lota is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: dream.
Lota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 5,047 | 1:31,575 | 2,012 |
| India | 2,973 | 1:258,011 | 14,881 |
| Philippines | 2,411 | 1:41,990 | 6,643 |
| DR Congo | 1,245 | 1:59,341 | 7,086 |
| Papua New Guinea | 406 | 1:20,083 | 2,116 |
| France | 400 | 1:166,057 | 25,870 |
| Indonesia | 395 | 1:334,808 | 29,196 |
| United States | 360 | 1:1,006,830 | 74,328 |
| England | 329 | 1:169,356 | 15,609 |
| Poland | 262 | 1:145,072 | 20,823 |
| Colombia | 259 | 1:184,456 | 4,768 |
| Tanzania | 256 | 1:206,803 | 17,522 |
| South Africa | 155 | 1:349,534 | 32,108 |
| Kosovo | 152 | 1:12,249 | 1,740 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Canada | 99 | 1:372,178 | 33,288 |
| Scotland | 47 | 1:113,911 | 7,445 |
| Italy | 47 | 1:1,301,206 | 77,088 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Solomon Islands | 36 | 1:16,112 | 3,051 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Benin | 29 | 1:356,400 | 27,355 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Lesotho | 12 | 1:169,380 | 13,459 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Lotà (9) & Lóta (1) are calculated separately.
Lota (20,918) may also be a first name.
Lota Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Lota is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: dream.
Lota Demographics
Lota Political Affiliation
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Lota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lota (Bengali: লতা, Georgian: ლოტა, Hindi: लोटा, Marathi: लोटा, Oriya: େଲାତା) occurs most in Bangladesh. It can occur in the variant forms: Lotà or Lóta. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lota? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 34,241st most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 470,680 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Lota live; 52 percent live in South Asia and 33 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Lota is also the 36,578th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 20,918 people.
The surname Lota is most frequently used in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 5,047 people, or 1 in 31,575. Beside Bangladesh Lota exists in 75 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent reside and The Philippines, where 16 percent reside.
Lota Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lota has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lota surname grew 3,273 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lota Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lota surname are 20.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 73.24% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lota earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 40.47% less than the national average, earning R 141,456 per year; in Colombia they earn 43.84% more than the national average, earning $32,654,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 31.48% more than the national average, earning $56,732 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.75% more than the national average, earning $59,494 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lota Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lota in the Georgian language | ||
| ლოტა | lota | - |
| Lota in the Bengali language | ||
| লতা | lata | - |
| Lota in the Hindi language | ||
| लोटा | lota | 95.16 |
| लोता | lota | 4.84 |
| Lota in the Marathi language | ||
| लोटा | lota | 89.41 |
| लोता | lota | 5.88 |
| लोट | lota | 4.71 |
| Lota in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲାତା | elata | 50 |
| ଲତା | lata | 33.33 |
| େଲାଟା | elata | 16.67 |
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