Surname Ataj (Атай 
, اتاج 
, Ataj 
) , all over the world, is a rare last name. The cognomen Ataj is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare surname, North Macedonia, where it is a rare surname, and Armenia. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, and Morocco. Also, Ataj is the forename as well as the last name.