Taita Surname
Approximately 3,685 people bear this surname
Taita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,378 | 1:7,717 | 779 |
| Papua New Guinea | 346 | 1:23,566 | 2,578 |
| Kenya | 162 | 1:285,061 | 18,491 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Uganda | 104 | 1:375,378 | 24,063 |
| India | 94 | 1:8,160,270 | 170,569 |
| Japan | 78 | 1:1,639,029 | 25,369 |
| Italy | 76 | 1:804,693 | 63,729 |
| Venezuela | 52 | 1:580,848 | 10,516 |
| Colombia | 40 | 1:1,194,352 | 9,916 |
| Thailand | 39 | 1:1,811,240 | 225,763 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
The alternate forms: Taïta (7), Taíta (1) & Taîta (1) are calculated separately.
Taita (3,122) may also be a first name.
Taita Demographics
Taita Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Taita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taita Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Taita (Georgian: ტაიტა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻴﺘﻪ, Hindi: तअिता, Marathi: ताईता) is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Taïta, Taíta or Taîta. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taita? popularity and diffusion
Taita is the 123,809th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,977,624 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Taita live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Taita is also the 128,913th most frequent forename in the world, borne by 3,122 people.
The last name Taita is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 2,378 people, or 1 in 7,717. In Burkina Faso Taita is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Sud Region, where 53 percent live, Centre Region, where 39 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Burkina Faso Taita exists in 44 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.
Taita Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Taita surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Taita earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 63.51% more than the national average, earning $37,120,600 COP per year and in United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taita Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taita in the Georgian language | ||
| ტაიტა | taita | - |
| Taita in the Hindi language | ||
| तअिता | taaita | - |
| Taita in the Marathi language | ||
| ताईता | ta'ita | - |
| Taita in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻴﺘﻪ | tyth | 66.67 |
| ﺃﺗﻴﺘﻪ | atyth | 33.33 |
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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 Taita
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