The Lata surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,044 people carried this name — #24,112 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 36% from 769 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
3,553 people named Lata have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 3,979 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Holy Cross.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 153 people named Lata live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Lata.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Martinique.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
35 people named Lata live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
38 people named Lata is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Lata,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cástor Lata 1928–2009 · teacher
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Jan Lata 1953– · physician
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Sabine Lata 1970– · art historian
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Dorothea Lata 1982– · stage actor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lata.
- Lasser 648 · U.S. census
- Lassere 315 · U.S. census
- Lasserre 274 · U.S. census
- Lasson 210 · U.S. census
- Lassus 219 · U.S. census
- Lastella 321 · U.S. census
- Latapie 115 · U.S. census
- Latella 560 · U.S. census
- Latil 141 · U.S. census
- Latini 738 · U.S. census
- Latorre 4,026 · U.S. census
- Latouche 561 · U.S. census
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