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 Ota Salary in
United States
$49,145 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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།) is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ota.
How Common Is The Last Name Ota? popularity and diffusion
Ota is the 1,418th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 19,189 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Ota live; 96 percent live in East Asia and 96 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 66,906th most prevalent forename throughout the world, held by 8,765 people.
This last name is most widespread in Japan, where it is held by 365,917 people, or 1 in 349. In Japan it is primarily found in: Aichi Prefecture, where 10 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 6 percent are found. Other than Japan this last name is found in 86 countries. It is also common 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 Democrats than the national average, with 72.65% registered to vote for the political 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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