Tá

given name · Latin script

Meaning: dozen

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Tá is a given name 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)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Tạ in VN Vietnam, HK Hong Kong, T-A in US United States, Tae in DE Germany and Tã in CM Cameroon.

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)

dozen

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tá 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 Tá 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: 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)

Tá 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, Tạ, Tã, Tà

  • Arabic surname44 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Algeria

    Also written Ta, Tã, Tå, Tä, Tâ

  • Italian surname28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Chile

    Languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ta, T'A, Tà, Tã, Tä

  • Japanese surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, Tunisia, Algeria

    Also written Tạ, Tà, Tâ, Tã, T'A

  • Chinese surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Taiwan, China, Algeria

    Also written Ta, Tā, T'A, Tà, Tä

  • Slovak given name56 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Ta, Ťa, Tä, Tà, Ťå

  • French surname43 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Cameroon, Morocco, Algeria

    Also written Ta, Tà, Tã, Tâ, Tä

  • Hungarian name35 spellings in the group

    Also written Tã, Tà, Tạ, Ta, Ťà

9 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Tá is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Hungarian, a syllable used in solfège to represent the quarter note as a rhythm, usually accompanied by clapping

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In pag, we (dual) topic pronoun; form used when the preceding word ends in a consonant

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Irish, present indicative independent affirmative progressive analytic of bí: "is"

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In sga, unattested by itself; takes various preverbs to form verbs

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In mzs, alternative form of tâ: present continuous particle

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Tá under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Tá mean, and where does it come from?
dozen Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Tá a male or female name?
Tá is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Tá have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 167 thousand people named Tá in India, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ťä.
How common is the name Tá?
In the United States, the national register counted 8,017 people named Tá in 2010, about 1 in 41 thousand residents.
How common is Tá compared with other names?
In Vietnam, Tá 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, “Tá” — the 52nd most common surname in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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