Tạ

surname · Latin script

Meaning: quintal (one hundred kilograms)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ta˨˩˨/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Tạ is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. In Vietnam it is the 52nd most common surname.

rarermore common
  • VNVietnam≈1 in 691(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 41K
  • INIndia≈1 in 7.9K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (inferred from the name graph)

≈170,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
332 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 691 (inferred from the name graph)

Vietnam, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled T-A in US United States, Tae in DE Germany, Tã in CM Cameroon and Ťä in IN India.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

quintal (one hundred kilograms)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tạ counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Tạ is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India—≈170,000 est.≈1 in 7.9K1Ťä66
VN Vietnam#52≈140,000 est.≈1 in 691listedTạ154
US United States—8,0171 in 41K9.2KT-A332
DE Germany—≈2,800 est.≈1 in 29K—Tae103
CM Cameroon—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 14K—Tã5
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 18K2.3K——
HK Hong Kong—≈500 est.≈1 in 15K—Tạ15

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the vn-kaggle-surname register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Tạ is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name38 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Italy, Netherlands, Mexico

    Also written Ta, Tă, Tã, Tà, Tå

  • Japanese surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, Tunisia, Algeria

    Also written Tà, Tá, Tâ, Tã, T'A

  • Chinese surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Taiwan, China, Algeria

    Also written Ta, Tā, T'A, Tà, Tä

  • a separate name14 spellings in the group

    Also written Ṭā, Tá, Ţa, Ṭa, Ta

  • a separate name11 spellings in the group

    Also written Tả, Tậ, Tâ, Tấ, Ťä

  • Italian surname28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Chile

    Languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ta, T'A, Tá, Tà, Tã

  • Urdu name29 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Pakistan

    Also written Ta, Tà, Tâ, Tá, Tā

  • Swahili name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania

    Also written Ta, Tà, Tã, Tâ

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Patrick Tse Yin, b. 1936You Xie, b. 1958Renhō, b. 1967Michael Tse, b. 1967Xie Jun, b. 1970Tony Hsieh, b. 1973Nicholas Tse, b. 1980Fiona Xie, b. 1982Hsieh Su-wei, b. 1986Sean Tse, b. 1992
  • Patrick Tse Yinb. 1936CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor (1936–2026)
  • You Xieb. 1958DEnot in their usual nameChinese-German politician and writer
  • Renhōb. 1967JPnot in their usual nameJapanese politician (born 1967)
  • Michael Tseb. 1967CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor and singer
  • Xie Junb. 1970CNnot in their usual nameChinese chess player
  • Tony Hsiehb. 1973USnot in their usual nameAmerican businessman (1973–2020)
  • Nicholas Tseb. 1980CAnot in their usual nameHong Kong singer, actor, songwriter and chef (born 1980)
  • Fiona Xieb. 1982SGnot in their usual nameSingaporean actress
  • Hsieh Su-weib. 1986TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese female tennis player
  • Sean Tseb. 1992GBnot in their usual nameHong Kong football player (born 1992)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Tạ
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
VN VietnamVietnamese surnames (Kaggle)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Tạ mean, and where does it come from?
quintal (one hundred kilograms) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Tạ?
A machine transcription gives /ta˨˩˨/ (IPA) for Vietnamese.
In which country does Tạ have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 167 thousand people named Tạ in India, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ťä.
How common is the name Tạ?
In the United States, the national register counted 8,017 people named Tạ in 2010, about 1 in 41 thousand residents.
How common is Tạ compared with other names?
In Vietnam, Tạ is the 52nd most common surname of 62,915 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tạ” — the 52nd most common surname in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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