Ota Surname
Approximately 379,780 people bear this surname
Ota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 365,917 | 1:349 | 41 |
| Nigeria | 3,350 | 1:52,878 | 4,042 |
| United States | 2,801 | 1:129,403 | 13,654 |
| Brazil | 1,805 | 1:118,601 | 4,499 |
| India | 1,168 | 1:656,734 | 30,953 |
| Egypt | 1,037 | 1:88,656 | 7,732 |
| Indonesia | 660 | 1:200,378 | 18,998 |
| Thailand | 476 | 1:148,400 | 23,420 |
| Singapore | 270 | 1:20,399 | 813 |
| DR Congo | 246 | 1:300,323 | 27,390 |
| Hong Kong | 239 | 1:30,692 | 530 |
| Benin | 195 | 1:53,003 | 6,655 |
| Italy | 194 | 1:315,241 | 38,932 |
| Papua New Guinea | 165 | 1:49,416 | 6,181 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Solomon Islands | 157 | 1:3,694 | 419 |
| Canada | 93 | 1:396,189 | 35,081 |
| Philippines | 71 | 1:1,425,890 | 102,315 |
| Australia | 70 | 1:385,653 | 31,598 |
| England | 69 | 1:807,508 | 43,459 |
| Peru | 57 | 1:557,616 | 14,875 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Zimbabwe | 39 | 1:395,852 | 35,770 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Argentina | 30 | 1:1,424,780 | 80,162 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Czechia | 26 | 1:408,980 | 46,580 |
| Slovenia | 24 | 1:103,653 | 11,747 |
| Romania | 20 | 1:1,003,894 | 52,576 |
| Mexico | 20 | 1:6,206,310 | 32,158 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Afghanistan | 18 | 1:1,786,288 | 13,520 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Paraguay | 9 | 1:804,083 | 8,568 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Ota (8,765) may also be a first name.
Ota Demographics
Average Male Ota Height
171.38 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ota Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ota (Arabic: اوتا, Hindi: ओटा, Marathi: ओटा, Oriya: ଓତା, Tibetan: ཨོ་ཏ།) occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ota? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,418th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,189 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Ota reside; 96 percent reside in East Asia and 96 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Ota is also the 66,906th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 8,765 people.
The surname is most numerous in Japan, where it is held by 365,917 people, or 1 in 349. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Aichi Prefecture, where 10 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 6 percent are found. Barring Japan this surname occurs in 86 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Ota Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ota surname are 19.42% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72.65% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ota earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.67% more than the national average, earning 376,087 kr per year; in Peru they earn 231.1% more than the national average, earning S/. 64,184 per year; in United States they earn 13.9% more than the national average, earning $49,145 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.17% more than the national average, earning $52,254 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ota Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ota in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨོ་ཏ། | ota | - |
| Ota in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓତା | ota | 98.21 |
| ଓଟା | ota | 1.49 |
| ଓତ | ota | 0.3 |
| Ota in the Hindi language | ||
| ओटा | ota | 97.19 |
| ओता | ota | 1.4 |
| ोता | ota | 0.16 |
| Ota in the Marathi language | ||
| ओटा | ota | 80 |
| ओता | ota | 10 |
| ऑटा | ota | 10 |
| Ota in the Arabic language | ||
| اوتا | awta | - |
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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 Ota
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