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Family name Shata (Shata , شطا , شاطى ) , around the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Shata is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a common surname, Lesotho, where it is quite a rare surname, and Saudi Arabia. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. Much less frequently, Shata is the forename as well as the last name.