Tata Surname

6,454th
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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon18,5321:1,12190
India14,7381:52,0473,570
Madagascar9,7011:2,438503
Egypt7,4741:12,3011,465
Nigeria6,9651:25,4332,206
Indonesia4,0391:32,7433,847
DR Congo2,7711:26,6623,342
Morocco1,7721:19,4563,003
Haiti1,7631:6,060717
Italy1,6131:37,9156,815
Niger1,5731:12,201878
Kenya1,5621:29,5653,260
United States1,4861:243,91623,249
Algeria1,2471:30,9805,686
Togo9451:7,6701,744
Thailand8971:78,75010,537
Ivory Coast8821:26,1581,842
Benin8741:11,8261,622
South Africa7821:69,2818,641
France6551:101,40914,904
Iran5791:132,61212,079
Philippines5061:200,07631,588
Papua New Guinea4831:16,8811,683
Uganda4721:82,7108,785
Russia4101:351,52034,823
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Chad3851:35,3044,109
Albania3511:8,3021,577
New Zealand2411:18,7903,301
Tanzania2351:225,28318,694
Solomon Islands2261:2,566245
Greece2201:50,3638,308
Brazil1811:1,182,73140,970
Argentina1681:254,42520,581
Poland1541:246,81031,280
French Polynesia1531:1,835355
Romania1471:136,58414,745
Venezuela1431:211,2175,593
Canada1271:290,12326,993
United Arab Emirates1091:84,0587,655
Germany1051:766,71957,066
England1021:546,25533,762
Portugal941:110,8325,195
Australia871:310,29526,919
Vietnam741:1,251,9742,001
Malaysia601:491,57024,692
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
Lesotho551:36,9566,531
Zimbabwe531:291,28829,631
Pakistan521:3,435,45926,277
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Turkey451:1,729,36563,766
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Spain361:1,298,66842,856
Kazakhstan331:535,83338,572
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Bulgaria241:290,78814,851
Burkina Faso231:797,9178,915
Liberia221:200,38813,260
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Zambia211:754,75827,278
Latvia181:113,89116,101
Belarus161:593,81652,198
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Taiwan161:1,465,2979,806
Austria151:567,69652,281
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Japan151:8,522,95344,380
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Tunisia121:50,8866,752
Afghanistan111:2,923,01717,932
China111:124,301,9616,553
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Colombia101:4,777,40717,975
Libya91:693,7751,982
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Georgia71:535,07818,425
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Qatar61:393,00055,922
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Mauritania51:818,97323,459
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Djibouti41:228,733966
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Kiribati41:28,352669
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Moldova41:890,34246,069
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

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

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།) is most common in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms: Tatá, Tátá, Táta or Tàtá. For other potential spellings of Tata click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tata? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,454th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 83,338 people. The last name Tata occurs mostly 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 8,332nd most frequently occurring given name in the world, borne by 124,315 people.

The last name Tata is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 18,532 people, or 1 in 1,121. In Cameroon Tata 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. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists 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 frequency of Tata has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 24,767 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 3,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tata Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Tata 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 those bearing the Tata surname are 7.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.35% being registered to vote for the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tatá9229/
Tahta8913,266/
Tatah899,261/
Tauta896,233/
Tatai894,680/
Tatad894,252/
Taita893,685/
Tatay892,412/
Tatta892,285/
Taata891,400/
Tataş891,267/
Thata891,202/
Tatoa891,144/
Tatha89836/
Tatas89521/
Teata89482/
Tataj89351/
Tatat89350/
Tatau89282/
Tataa89253/
Tatap89154/
Htata89127/
Tajta89103/
Tasta8998/
Taeta8942/
Tatga8941/
Tatea8927/
Tataç8926/
Tataz8910/
Taïta897/
Tayta896/
Ttata895/
Tadta894/
Taíta891/
Tataï891/
Taîta891/
Ta'ta891/
Tátá8386/
Táta8315/
Tàtá831/
Tahata8043,693/
Thatha805,333/
Tahtah803,285/
Taytay801,611/
Taitai801,465/
Tautas80553/
Taitas80455/
Tastad80450/
Tataya80433/
Tajtaj80394/
Thatai80373/
Tadtad80304/
Tattah80296/
Teatea80291/
Taytaş80255/
Taştaş80154/
Tatach80140/
Taytas80111/
Tautau80102/
Tatahu8095/
Tautai8092/
Tateea8086/
Tattai8084/
Tastas8083/
Taataa8073/
Tastea8038/
Ta'ata8036/
Taaita8030/
Taitay8027/
Tatoha8026/
Tausta8026/
Tataha8026/
Tathad8025/
Tastay8021/
Tattas8018/
Tattay8015/
Tataia8015/
Tautaz8015/
Taetai8015/
Taatas8014/
Tathai8013/
Tachta8013/
Teatai8013/
Tautah8012/
Tashta809/
Tatiea809/
Taatai808/
Tatass808/
Taitap807/
Tatapp806/
Tataja806/
Tattea806/
Tattha805/
Taetta805/
Tatath805/
Taatha804/
Taitah804/
Thaata804/
Tathah804/
Tahuta804/
Tataus803/
Tattat803/
Tautoa803/
Thatay803/
Tastai803/
Taztaz803/
Taitta803/
Tadtai803/
Ttatta802/
Thatah802/
Theata802/
Tahtha802/
Tautap802/
Tautay802/
Tattad802/
Tataah802/
Taatau802/
Tadtay802/
Taatay802/
Tahtai802/
Ttatha801/
Tthata801/
Teatoa801/
Thataa801/
Taitea801/
Tadtoa801/
Taatap801/
Taatta801/
Tatead801/
Tathaa801/
Tathay801/
Tattaa801/
Tattga801/
Tataih801/
Tahtaj801/
Tathas801/
Tatais801/
Taitau801/
Tautad801/
Tatash801/
Tatauh801/
Tateaz801/
Tastta801/
Tata'a801/
Tataas801/
Tatait801/
Tataph801/
Taştay801/
Tahtay801/
Thatad801/
Taitad801/
Tastah801/
Tastha801/
Tatahy801/
Tate75139,417/
Tati7587,590/
Taty7527,990/
Tato7517,962/
Tatò7512/
Taté754/
Tatè751/
Thattha73316/
Thathai73255/
Tataush73133/
Tatteea7396/
Thathap7384/
Taitaya7362/
Tatauhe7357/
Taituha7353/
Thathau7345/
Thathaa7338/
Thahata7327/
Thaatha7326/
Tautaya7324/
Tahauta7311/
Thathay7310/
Teatash737/
Tautoha737/
Taithai737/
Thaitha736/
Tahtaha736/
Tashtay735/
Tachtas735/
Taitash734/
Tatahaj734/
Taithap734/
Tashtai733/
Tahtach733/
Tadthai733/
Thathea732/
Tahatha732/
Tauthai732/
Ttattas731/
Thathah731/
Tahatah731/
Tahatay731/
Taittas731/
Tattath731/
Thathad731/
Tachtai731/
Taadtha731/
Taithas731/
Tautaha731/
Tautu'a731/
Thaitea731/
Taytaay731/
Thadtha731/
Tatthai731/
Teateas730/
Tasthas730/
Tathe6714,525/
Thati6710,099/
Tatoy676,776/
Tatis675,676/
Thate674,176/
Tatti673,908/
Taute673,261/
Thato673,112/
Tajti672,782/
Tates672,512/
Tater672,232/
Tatou672,158/
Tatte672,063/
Tated671,870/
Tatto671,636/
Taite671,526/
Taati671,519/
Taiti671,505/
Taito671,451/
Tauti671,031/
Taste67984/
Tatge67946/
Tatey67925/
Totaa67878/
Tathy67781/
Tatje67530/
Teate67506/
Tasti67506/
Thatthai67499/
Tasto67490/
Tatip67454/
Tathi67439/
Tatos67315/
Tatiy67289/
Tatui67286/
Tatoh67267/
Taşti67267/
Tatee67257/
Tatie67242/
Tatio67241/
Tatoi67218/
Tatty67174/
Totat67172/
Tatoo67167/
Tahti67165/
Tauto67163/
Thaty67150/
Tatoj67147/
Tateh67146/
Tatih67146/
Tateu67143/
Tatit67124/
Taate67109/
Tatei67105/
Tatho67100/
Thaithap6792/
Tatot6790/
Tatod6786/
Tataiová6774/
Tahto6764/
Tauty6762/
Thaathaa6761/
Tatez6757/
Ttaittas6756/
Tayti6752/
Taeto6743/
Thaithay6743/
Taato6741/
Thaithai6741/
Taity6739/
Tatej6739/
Tatuo6738/
Tatep6737/
Thauthau6737/
Tatet6734/
Tatayová6730/
Tahte6722/
Tauté6721/
Tadti6719/
Thaththa6718/
Thauthai6717/
Tashtash6715/
Tatuy6714/
Tayte6712/
Tatop6712/
Tatid6712/
Tatiz6711/
Tatoz6710/
Tachtach6710/
Thadthai6710/
Tatajová679/
Tatyo679/
Tatuí679/
Tatii678/
Tataiova678/
Teaty677/
Tadto676/
Tatayova675/
Ttate673/
Taaitaya673/
Htati672/
Ttati672/
Tetaa672/
Tattó672/
Tatyś672/
Tatés672/
Tasté672/
Tatiç672/
Tatyi672/
Dtati671/
Theattea671/
Taaty671/
Tatij671/
Tahatait671/
Tattá671/
Thatá671/
Thaythay671/
Thathaai671/
Ta'ata'a671/
Tajte671/
Tajty671/
Tajtí671/
Tatté671/
Tatáj671/
Tatát671/
Tatès671/
Tatéz671/
Tatós671/
Tatouowa671/
Tatoş671/
Tatahaye671/
Tahaitah671/
Thaithea671/
Thatthat671/
Tatgi671/
Tattahey670/
Tatgo670/

Tata Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tata in the Marathi language
टाटाtata89.44
ताताtata9.24
टटाtata0.66
ताटाtata0.33
तताtata0.33
Tata in the Hindi language
टाटाtata76.4
ताताtata10.56
टटाtata5.59
तताtata4.35
ततtata1.24
ताराtara1.24
त़ताtata0.62
Tata in the Georgian language
ტატაtata63.93
თათაtata36.07
Tata in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﺎﺗﻪtath47.74
ﺗﺎﺕtat32.9
ﺗﺎﺗﺎtata10.97
ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺗﻪaltath2.58
ﺗﺘﻪtth1.94
ﺗﺎﺗﺔtatt1.29
ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺕaltat0.65
ﺍﺗﺎﺕatat0.65
Tata in the Tibetan language
ཀྲ་ཀྲ།tratra42.86
བཀྲ་ཀྲ།tratra28.57
ཏ་ཏ།tata14.29
ཀྲ་ཀྲ་tratra14.29
Tata in the Oriya language
ଟାଟାtata30.12
ତାତାtata26.51
ତାଟାtata16.87
ଟଟାtata8.43
ତଟାtata7.23
ତତାtata5.42
ଟଟtata1.2
େତାତାetata0.6
ଲତାlata0.6
Tata in the Russian language
Татаtata-
Tata in the Arabic language
طاطاtata-
تاتاtata-

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