Bata is used as a family name or surname in Mozambique. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bata
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Mozambique
Meaning: Name above all Czech, sometimes as Serbo-Croatian or Polish. Uncertain meaning. It could be explained by the Polish word "bat" (= boost), but Eugene Vroonen (see bibliography) giving it the meaning "little brother" (cf. Czech "bratr", Polish and Serbo-Croatian "brat" = brother, but dispartition r seems difficult to explain). The specialist Polish names K. Rymut also evokes the word "Batko" (= spiritual father).

How popular is Bata?

Bata is common in Mozambique.

Bata is ranked 11890 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Batas grew by 20.53572 per cent to 540 since 2000 and ranked 40494 after elevating 4584 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 68.89 71.88
Hispanic or Latino 16.48 14.51
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.3 7.59
Others 5 3.79
Bata is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Mozambique which signifies that it is originated from Mozambique. Around 44872 people have been found who wears Bata as their family name. Bata is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
19,221 Georgia9
5,340 Iceland6
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
32 Central African Republic5
9,053 Senegal5
4,343 Bangladesh5
847 Mongolia5
122,390 Belarus4
2,966 Benin4
1,372 Nepal4
14,126 Colombia3
14,054 China3
20,541 Peru3
2,935 Angola3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
19,452 Malaysia3
20,035 Uzbekistan2
18,625 Japan2
6,103 Cyprus2
10,284 Kuwait2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
26,532 Chile2
19,046 Ireland2
44,018 Poland2
5,817 Albania2
18,718 Thailand2
12,172 Ghana2
91,784 Netherlands2
292 Equatorial Guinea2
12,741 Ecuador1
11,510 Oman1
62,864 New Zealand1
510 East Timor1
7,292 Vietnam1
734 Chad1
91,024 Belgium1
10,190 Bahrain1
25,746 Finland1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
9,591 Panama1
24,421 Slovakia1
11,923 Slovenia1
624 Solomon Islands1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,553 Taiwan1
4,435 Togo1
6,688 Malawi1
6,967 Macedonia1
28,365 Kenya1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
3,952 Yemen1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
8,859 Iraq1
29,595 Iran1
16,640 Hong Kong1
4,171 Rwanda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
48,106 Australia41
6,551 Qatar39
8,214 Singapore35
8,210 Burkina Faso30
32,811 Sweden29
8,268 Mauritania29
11,444 Portugal28
144,672 Ukraine24
18,457 Scotland20
9,173 Nigeria16
27,068 Moldova14
113,815 Kazakhstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
9,526 Croatia78
5,963 Latvia58
176,736 Russia54
40,284 Spain53
Countries with hundreds of Bata:
6,641 Pakistan754
40,223 United States692
1,251 Serbia667
9,735 South Africa657
3,961 Romania605
5,928 Saudi Arabia577
4,038 Venezuela452
13,246 Algeria446
12,659 Morocco403
5,844 Zimbabwe334
5,382 Czech Republic327
5,855 Sri Lanka326
38,477 Germany269
14,944 Mexico262
42,856 Brazil254
21,711 England237
45,235 France220
24,716 Turkey210
11,417 Greece172
46,207 Italy168
7,679 Israel141
7,748 Tunisia132
26,491 Canada130
44,861 Argentina105
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Bata:
10,548 India4,545
5,067 Philippines2,707
5,271 Indonesia2,680
487 Hungary2,487
478 Jordan1,973
2,276 Cameroon1,586
3,474 Uganda1,494
4,727 Egypt1,430
Countries with ten thousands of Bata:
233 Mozambique16,506
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

21 years old farmer Battista Bata who was residing in Italy migrated to New York on September 21, 1891 by La Champagne put out from Havre.

Bata Namesakes

  • Adra Bataille, Pascal Bataille's wife
  • Nikolai Batalov, Actor
  • Antoinette-Aglaë Bataille, Georges Bataille's mother
  • Aleksey Batalov, Actor
  • Aleksey Batalov, Actor
  • Alif Batasya Domelo, Mel Shandy's son
  • Frédéric Bataille, Poet
  • Amman Batala, Actor
  • Rafael Batatinha, Soccer player
  • Georges Bataille, Elementary School Librarian-retired
  • Éva Bata, from 2018 comedy, drama film BÚÉK, who characterized the Saci.

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