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
The surname Ota (Arabic: اوتا, Hindi: ओटा, Marathi: ओटा, Oriya: ଓତା, Tibetan: ཨོ་ཏ།) is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ota? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,418th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 19,189 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Ota reside; 96 percent reside in East Asia and 96 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 66,906th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 8,765 people.
The surname Ota is most widespread in Japan, where it is held by 365,917 people, or 1 in 349. In Japan Ota is most prevalent 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 surname occurs 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 with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72.65% being registered with 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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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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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