lata is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: lata
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Scotland
Meaning:

A form of Lautour. The founder of the family in england was Jos. Francois Louis de Lautour, born in 1730, the descendant of an ancient Alsacian family, who claimed from a certain "Sire de la Tour," who is said to have flourished about A.D. 900.

The variant of Latter. A "lat" in many dialects signifies a lath, from the Anglo-saxon latta, asseres; and hence it has been conjectured that a Latter means a lath-cleaver or splitter.

Is the variation of Lawday. The more usual orthography of ‘Loveday,'.

How popular is lata?

lata is common in India, Bangladesh, Fiji, Philippines, United States, Ecuador, Congo, Ukraine, Albania, Spain, South Africa, Romania, Russia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Poland, Tanzania, New Zealand, Thailand, Canada, Greece, Pakistan, Australia, Argentina, England, Colombia.

lata is ranked 1602 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Latas grew by 35.76 per cent to 1044 since 2000 and ranked 24112 after elevating 4928 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 40.9 53.97
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 38.6 28.74
Hispanic or Latino 12.74 9.88
Others 6.9 6.24
Lata is quite popular family name mostly used in India however Fiji is ahead in terms of density. Around 339705 people have been found who wears Lata as their family name. Lata is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of lata:
254 India307,740
Countries with ten thousands of lata:
1,018 Bangladesh12,436
Countries with thousands of lata:
15 Fiji6,912
11,221 Philippines1,540
28,408 United States1,170
2,214 Ecuador1,107
Countries with hundreds of lata:
993 Congo787
8,917 Ukraine718
781 Albania689
6,865 Spain590
11,752 South Africa562
4,840 Romania529
33,012 Russia439
1,880 Papua New Guinea438
30,497 Indonesia375
17,460 Poland325
14,863 Tanzania314
2,630 New Zealand300
44,845 Thailand269
15,383 Canada244
9,386 Greece197
12,289 Pakistan197
15,358 Australia188
19,438 Argentina179
26,761 England146
6,531 Colombia113
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,331 Kosovo96
64,020 DR Congo75
87,096 Brazil72
85,652 Nigeria67
80,532 Germany64
24,345 Malaysia61
9,605 Venezuela60
11,909 United Arab Emirates57
128,888 France53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,939 Uganda49
64,663 Turkey44
34,142 Czechia42
5,662 North Macedonia39
12,265 Portugal28
22,281 Ivory Coast27
38,396 Belarus26
3,117 Angola25
25,571 Norway22
11,536 Qatar22
11,611 Singapore21
5,804 Panama19
16,101 Latvia18
11,907 Ethiopia16
63,055 Kazakhstan16
48,545 Sweden15
54,975 Austria14
34,019 Kyrgyzstan14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
14,894 Taiwan10
2,378 Gabon9
58,198 Switzerland9
714 Vanuatu9
115,463 Italy8
10,569 Nepal8
199,837 Iran6
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lata Namesakes

  • Dor Lata, Musical Artist
  • Gita Lata, Film director
  • Swaran Lata, Film actress
  • Kiatkamol Lata, Singer
  • Swaran Lata, Film actress
  • Kiatkamol Lata, Singer
  • Michael Lata, Chef
  • Suchitra Lata, Playback Singer
  • Prem Lata, Author
  • Leenco Lata, Author
  • In 1970, Baby Lata characterized the role of N in documentary film Indus Valley to Indira Gandhi.

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