Tata Surname

6,454^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 87,446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Cameroon

Highest density in:

Cameroon

Tata Surname Definition:

Tata is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: father.

Tata Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Cameroon	18,532	1:1,121	90
India	14,738	1:52,047	3,570
Madagascar	9,701	1:2,438	503
Egypt	7,474	1:12,301	1,465
Nigeria	6,965	1:25,433	2,206
Indonesia	4,039	1:32,743	3,847
DR Congo	2,771	1:26,662	3,342
Morocco	1,772	1:19,456	3,003
Haiti	1,763	1:6,060	717
Italy	1,613	1:37,915	6,815
Niger	1,573	1:12,201	878
Kenya	1,562	1:29,565	3,260
United States	1,486	1:243,916	23,249
Algeria	1,247	1:30,980	5,686
Togo	945	1:7,670	1,744
Thailand	897	1:78,750	10,537
Ivory Coast	882	1:26,158	1,842
Benin	874	1:11,826	1,622
South Africa	782	1:69,281	8,641
France	655	1:101,409	14,904
Iran	579	1:132,612	12,079
Philippines	506	1:200,076	31,588
Papua New Guinea	483	1:16,881	1,683
Uganda	472	1:82,710	8,785
Russia	410	1:351,520	34,823
Saudi Arabia	398	1:77,527	10,981
Chad	385	1:35,304	4,109
Albania	351	1:8,302	1,577
New Zealand	241	1:18,790	3,301
Tanzania	235	1:225,283	18,694
Solomon Islands	226	1:2,566	245
Greece	220	1:50,363	8,308
Brazil	181	1:1,182,731	40,970
Argentina	168	1:254,425	20,581
Poland	154	1:246,810	31,280
French Polynesia	153	1:1,835	355
Romania	147	1:136,584	14,745
Venezuela	143	1:211,217	5,593
Canada	127	1:290,123	26,993
United Arab Emirates	109	1:84,058	7,655
Germany	105	1:766,719	57,066
England	102	1:546,255	33,762
Portugal	94	1:110,832	5,195
Australia	87	1:310,295	26,919
Vietnam	74	1:1,251,974	2,001
Malaysia	60	1:491,570	24,692
Hong Kong	56	1:130,991	2,371
Lesotho	55	1:36,956	6,531
Zimbabwe	53	1:291,288	29,631
Pakistan	52	1:3,435,459	26,277
Kuwait	48	1:79,181	9,331
Turkey	45	1:1,729,365	63,766
Singapore	43	1:128,086	5,748
Spain	36	1:1,298,668	42,856
Kazakhstan	33	1:535,833	38,572
Belgium	28	1:410,594	42,948
Bulgaria	24	1:290,788	14,851
Burkina Faso	23	1:797,917	8,915
Liberia	22	1:200,388	13,260
Uzbekistan	22	1:1,405,870	25,726
Zambia	21	1:754,758	27,278
Latvia	18	1:113,891	16,101
Belarus	16	1:593,816	52,198
Ethiopia	16	1:6,096,641	11,907
Iraq	16	1:2,188,853	19,343
Switzerland	16	1:513,307	36,405
Taiwan	16	1:1,465,297	9,806
Austria	15	1:567,696	52,281
Estonia	15	1:88,120	15,474
Japan	15	1:8,522,953	44,380
Czechia	14	1:759,534	67,321
Hungary	13	1:755,098	40,181
Tunisia	12	1:50,886	6,752
Afghanistan	11	1:2,923,017	17,932
China	11	1:124,301,961	6,553
Croatia	11	1:384,419	33,360
Serbia	11	1:649,541	22,440
Colombia	10	1:4,777,407	17,975
Libya	9	1:693,775	1,982
Sweden	8	1:1,230,845	90,587
Georgia	7	1:535,078	18,425
Mexico	7	1:17,732,315	50,495
Qatar	6	1:393,000	55,922
South Korea	6	1:8,540,043	1,433
Mauritania	5	1:818,973	23,459
Netherlands	5	1:3,377,435	111,911
Angola	4	1:6,747,304	6,999
Azerbaijan	4	1:2,412,280	25,948
Costa Rica	4	1:1,195,017	6,919
Djibouti	4	1:228,733	966
Israel	4	1:2,139,408	95,907
Kiribati	4	1:28,352	669
Mali	4	1:4,242,259	2,433
Moldova	4	1:890,342	46,069
Scotland	4	1:1,338,454	35,497
Somalia	4	1:3,363,015	5,093
South Sudan	4	1:2,853,769	1,758
Chile	3	1:5,872,158	52,204
Denmark	3	1:1,881,572	67,227
Oman	3	1:1,229,324	8,987
Puerto Rico	3	1:1,183,380	5,289
Senegal	3	1:4,859,781	6,822
Slovakia	3	1:1,778,817	104,392
Ukraine	3	1:15,174,232	372,501
Ireland	2	1:2,354,470	19,715
Andorra	2	1:41,919	1,654
Armenia	2	1:1,465,090	16,492
Barbados	2	1:143,724	1,981
Cambodia	2	1:7,743,573	11,959
Jordan	2	1:4,421,218	22,351
Lithuania	2	1:1,517,294	35,813
Luxembourg	2	1:290,271	8,611
Nepal	2	1:14,240,478	17,812
Norway	2	1:2,571,143	95,402
Syria	2	1:9,650,511	17,817
Uruguay	2	1:1,715,879	35,955
Northern Ireland	1	1:1,845,036	20,648
Bolivia	1	1:10,616,434	17,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1:3,536,402	19,532
Central African Republic	1	1:4,515,390	1,196
Congo	1	1:4,989,096	34,171
Ecuador	1	1:15,905,846	50,210
El Salvador	1	1:6,343,888	8,415
Falkland Islands	1	1:3,132	317
Fiji	1	1:894,391	4,568
Finland	1	1:5,496,702	84,025
Guatemala	1	1:16,082,668	12,169
Honduras	1	1:8,816,442	9,272
Iceland	1	1:380,090	11,096
Kyrgyzstan	1	1:5,972,654	99,197
Lebanon	1	1:5,637,083	32,436
Peru	1	1:31,784,123	64,452
Rwanda	1	1:11,364,978	5,947
Slovenia	1	1:2,487,675	31,128
Sri Lanka	1	1:20,808,560	18,521
Sudan	1	1:37,510,195	14,259
Suriname	1	1:552,616	9,664
Transnistria	1	1:474,699	17,893
Turkmenistan	1	1:5,489,112	11,427
Vanuatu	1	1:263,276	2,086
Wales	1	1:3,094,532	44,023
Yemen	1	1:26,425,294	55,147

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	3	1:8,125,123	158,686

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	6	1:8,369,781	355,680

The alternate forms: Tatá (29), Tátá (86), Táta (15) & Tàtá (1) are calculated separately.

Tata (124,315) may also be a first name.

Tata Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

Tata is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: father.

— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

DNA test information

Tata Demographics

Average Male Tata Height

173.8^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 76 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

View the tallest/shortest surnames in the world

Tata Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tata Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Tata (Arabic: طاطا, Georgian: ტატა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﺗﻪ, Hindi: टाटा, Marathi: टाटा, Oriya: ଟାଟା, Russian: Тата, Tibetan: ཀྲ་ཀྲ།) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Tatá, Tátá, Táta or Tàtá. For other possible spellings of Tata click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tata? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 6,454^th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 83,338 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Tata reside; 20 percent reside in Central Africa and 20 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tata is also the 8,332^nd most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 124,315 people.

This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 18,532 people, or 1 in 1,121. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 53 percent are found, Far North Region, where 17 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 11 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 141 countries. It is also found in India, where 17 percent are found and Madagascar, where 11 percent are found.

Tata Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Tata has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tata last name expanded 24,767 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 3,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tata Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (77%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Muslim (90%) in Nigeria and Catholic (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Tata are 7.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60.35% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Tata earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 2.58% less than the national average, earning €29,255 per year; in South Africa they earn 55.27% less than the national average, earning R 106,296 per year; in United States they earn 14.06% more than the national average, earning $49,214 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.96% more than the national average, earning $59,102 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Tatá	92	29	/
Tahta	89	13,266	/
Tatah	89	9,261	/
Tauta	89	6,233	/
Tatai	89	4,680	/
Tatad	89	4,252	/
Taita	89	3,685	/
Tatay	89	2,412	/
Tatta	89	2,285	/
Taata	89	1,400	/
Tataş	89	1,267	/
Thata	89	1,202	/
Tatoa	89	1,144	/
Tatha	89	836	/
Tatas	89	521	/
Teata	89	482	/
Tataj	89	351	/
Tatat	89	350	/
Tatau	89	282	/
Tataa	89	253	/
Tatap	89	154	/
Htata	89	127	/
Tajta	89	103	/
Tasta	89	98	/
Taeta	89	42	/
Tatga	89	41	/
Tatea	89	27	/
Tataç	89	26	/
Tataz	89	10	/
Taïta	89	7	/
Tayta	89	6	/
Ttata	89	5	/
Tadta	89	4	/
Taíta	89	1	/
Tataï	89	1	/
Taîta	89	1	/
Ta'ta	89	1	/
Tátá	83	86	/
Táta	83	15	/
Tàtá	83	1	/
Tahata	80	43,693	/
Thatha	80	5,333	/
Tahtah	80	3,285	/
Taytay	80	1,611	/
Taitai	80	1,465	/
Tautas	80	553	/
Taitas	80	455	/
Tastad	80	450	/
Tataya	80	433	/
Tajtaj	80	394	/
Thatai	80	373	/
Tadtad	80	304	/
Tattah	80	296	/
Teatea	80	291	/
Taytaş	80	255	/
Taştaş	80	154	/
Tatach	80	140	/
Taytas	80	111	/
Tautau	80	102	/
Tatahu	80	95	/
Tautai	80	92	/
Tateea	80	86	/
Tattai	80	84	/
Tastas	80	83	/
Taataa	80	73	/
Tastea	80	38	/
Ta'ata	80	36	/
Taaita	80	30	/
Taitay	80	27	/
Tatoha	80	26	/
Tausta	80	26	/
Tataha	80	26	/
Tathad	80	25	/
Tastay	80	21	/
Tattas	80	18	/
Tattay	80	15	/
Tataia	80	15	/
Tautaz	80	15	/
Taetai	80	15	/
Taatas	80	14	/
Tathai	80	13	/
Tachta	80	13	/
Teatai	80	13	/
Tautah	80	12	/
Tashta	80	9	/
Tatiea	80	9	/
Taatai	80	8	/
Tatass	80	8	/
Taitap	80	7	/
Tatapp	80	6	/
Tataja	80	6	/
Tattea	80	6	/
Tattha	80	5	/
Taetta	80	5	/
Tatath	80	5	/
Taatha	80	4	/
Taitah	80	4	/
Thaata	80	4	/
Tathah	80	4	/
Tahuta	80	4	/
Tataus	80	3	/
Tattat	80	3	/
Tautoa	80	3	/
Thatay	80	3	/
Tastai	80	3	/
Taztaz	80	3	/
Taitta	80	3	/
Tadtai	80	3	/
Ttatta	80	2	/
Thatah	80	2	/
Theata	80	2	/
Tahtha	80	2	/
Tautap	80	2	/
Tautay	80	2	/
Tattad	80	2	/
Tataah	80	2	/
Taatau	80	2	/
Tadtay	80	2	/
Taatay	80	2	/
Tahtai	80	2	/
Ttatha	80	1	/
Tthata	80	1	/
Teatoa	80	1	/
Thataa	80	1	/
Taitea	80	1	/
Tadtoa	80	1	/
Taatap	80	1	/
Taatta	80	1	/
Tatead	80	1	/
Tathaa	80	1	/
Tathay	80	1	/
Tattaa	80	1	/
Tattga	80	1	/
Tataih	80	1	/
Tahtaj	80	1	/
Tathas	80	1	/
Tatais	80	1	/
Taitau	80	1	/
Tautad	80	1	/
Tatash	80	1	/
Tatauh	80	1	/
Tateaz	80	1	/
Tastta	80	1	/
Tata'a	80	1	/
Tataas	80	1	/
Tatait	80	1	/
Tataph	80	1	/
Taştay	80	1	/
Tahtay	80	1	/
Thatad	80	1	/
Taitad	80	1	/
Tastah	80	1	/
Tastha	80	1	/
Tatahy	80	1	/
Tate	75	139,417	/
Tati	75	87,590	/
Taty	75	27,990	/
Tato	75	17,962	/
Tatò	75	12	/
Taté	75	4	/
Tatè	75	1	/
Thattha	73	316	/
Thathai	73	255	/
Tataush	73	133	/
Tatteea	73	96	/
Thathap	73	84	/
Taitaya	73	62	/
Tatauhe	73	57	/
Taituha	73	53	/
Thathau	73	45	/
Thathaa	73	38	/
Thahata	73	27	/
Thaatha	73	26	/
Tautaya	73	24	/
Tahauta	73	11	/
Thathay	73	10	/
Teatash	73	7	/
Tautoha	73	7	/
Taithai	73	7	/
Thaitha	73	6	/
Tahtaha	73	6	/
Tashtay	73	5	/
Tachtas	73	5	/
Taitash	73	4	/
Tatahaj	73	4	/
Taithap	73	4	/
Tashtai	73	3	/
Tahtach	73	3	/
Tadthai	73	3	/
Thathea	73	2	/
Tahatha	73	2	/
Tauthai	73	2	/
Ttattas	73	1	/
Thathah	73	1	/
Tahatah	73	1	/
Tahatay	73	1	/
Taittas	73	1	/
Tattath	73	1	/
Thathad	73	1	/
Tachtai	73	1	/
Taadtha	73	1	/
Taithas	73	1	/
Tautaha	73	1	/
Tautu'a	73	1	/
Thaitea	73	1	/
Taytaay	73	1	/
Thadtha	73	1	/
Tatthai	73	1	/
Teateas	73	0	/
Tasthas	73	0	/
Tathe	67	14,525	/
Thati	67	10,099	/
Tatoy	67	6,776	/
Tatis	67	5,676	/
Thate	67	4,176	/
Tatti	67	3,908	/
Taute	67	3,261	/
Thato	67	3,112	/
Tajti	67	2,782	/
Tates	67	2,512	/
Tater	67	2,232	/
Tatou	67	2,158	/
Tatte	67	2,063	/
Tated	67	1,870	/
Tatto	67	1,636	/
Taite	67	1,526	/
Taati	67	1,519	/
Taiti	67	1,505	/
Taito	67	1,451	/
Tauti	67	1,031	/
Taste	67	984	/
Tatge	67	946	/
Tatey	67	925	/
Totaa	67	878	/
Tathy	67	781	/
Tatje	67	530	/
Teate	67	506	/
Tasti	67	506	/
Thatthai	67	499	/
Tasto	67	490	/
Tatip	67	454	/
Tathi	67	439	/
Tatos	67	315	/
Tatiy	67	289	/
Tatui	67	286	/
Tatoh	67	267	/
Taşti	67	267	/
Tatee	67	257	/
Tatie	67	242	/
Tatio	67	241	/
Tatoi	67	218	/
Tatty	67	174	/
Totat	67	172	/
Tatoo	67	167	/
Tahti	67	165	/
Tauto	67	163	/
Thaty	67	150	/
Tatoj	67	147	/
Tateh	67	146	/
Tatih	67	146	/
Tateu	67	143	/
Tatit	67	124	/
Taate	67	109	/
Tatei	67	105	/
Tatho	67	100	/
Thaithap	67	92	/
Tatot	67	90	/
Tatod	67	86	/
Tataiová	67	74	/
Tahto	67	64	/
Tauty	67	62	/
Thaathaa	67	61	/
Tatez	67	57	/
Ttaittas	67	56	/
Tayti	67	52	/
Taeto	67	43	/
Thaithay	67	43	/
Taato	67	41	/
Thaithai	67	41	/
Taity	67	39	/
Tatej	67	39	/
Tatuo	67	38	/
Tatep	67	37	/
Thauthau	67	37	/
Tatet	67	34	/
Tatayová	67	30	/
Tahte	67	22	/
Tauté	67	21	/
Tadti	67	19	/
Thaththa	67	18	/
Thauthai	67	17	/
Tashtash	67	15	/
Tatuy	67	14	/
Tayte	67	12	/
Tatop	67	12	/
Tatid	67	12	/
Tatiz	67	11	/
Tatoz	67	10	/
Tachtach	67	10	/
Thadthai	67	10	/
Tatajová	67	9	/
Tatyo	67	9	/
Tatuí	67	9	/
Tatii	67	8	/
Tataiova	67	8	/
Teaty	67	7	/
Tadto	67	6	/
Tatayova	67	5	/
Ttate	67	3	/
Taaitaya	67	3	/
Htati	67	2	/
Ttati	67	2	/
Tetaa	67	2	/
Tattó	67	2	/
Tatyś	67	2	/
Tatés	67	2	/
Tasté	67	2	/
Tatiç	67	2	/
Tatyi	67	2	/
Dtati	67	1	/
Theattea	67	1	/
Taaty	67	1	/
Tatij	67	1	/
Tahatait	67	1	/
Tattá	67	1	/
Thatá	67	1	/
Thaythay	67	1	/
Thathaai	67	1	/
Ta'ata'a	67	1	/
Tajte	67	1	/
Tajty	67	1	/
Tajtí	67	1	/
Tatté	67	1	/
Tatáj	67	1	/
Tatát	67	1	/
Tatès	67	1	/
Tatéz	67	1	/
Tatós	67	1	/
Tatouowa	67	1	/
Tatoş	67	1	/
Tatahaye	67	1	/
Tahaitah	67	1	/
Thaithea	67	1	/
Thatthat	67	1	/
Tatgi	67	1	/
Tattahey	67	0	/
Tatgo	67	0	/

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Tata Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Tata in the Marathi language
टाटा	tata	89.44
ताता	tata	9.24
टटा	tata	0.66
ताटा	tata	0.33
तता	tata	0.33
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Tata in the Hindi language
टाटा	tata	76.4
ताता	tata	10.56
टटा	tata	5.59
तता	tata	4.35
तत	tata	1.24
तारा	tara	1.24
त़ता	tata	0.62
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Tata in the Georgian language
ტატა	tata	63.93
თათა	tata	36.07
Tata in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﺎﺗﻪ	tath	47.74
ﺗﺎﺕ	tat	32.9
ﺗﺎﺗﺎ	tata	10.97
ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺗﻪ	altath	2.58
ﺗﺘﻪ	tth	1.94
ﺗﺎﺗﺔ	tatt	1.29
ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺕ	altat	0.65
ﺍﺗﺎﺕ	atat	0.65
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Tata in the Tibetan language
ཀྲ་ཀྲ།	tratra	42.86
བཀྲ་ཀྲ།	tratra	28.57
ཏ་ཏ།	tata	14.29
ཀྲ་ཀྲ་	tratra	14.29
Tata in the Oriya language
ଟାଟା	tata	30.12
ତାତା	tata	26.51
ତାଟା	tata	16.87
ଟଟା	tata	8.43
ତଟା	tata	7.23
ତତା	tata	5.42
ଟଟ	tata	1.2
େତାତା	etata	0.6
ଲତା	lata	0.6
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Tata in the Russian language
Тата	tata	-
Tata in the Arabic language
طاطا	tata	-
تاتا	tata	-

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