Around the world, Shata (Shata 
, شطا 
, شاطى 
) is quite a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Shata is characteristic of Nigeria, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Egypt, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom girly name, and Ethiopia, where it is a rare female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Nigeria, India, and Egypt. More prevalently, Shata is the last name as well as the forename.