The Ta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,017 people carried this name — #4,434 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,800 people counted. That is up 38% from 5,829 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 161 people named Ta.
Most of them — 151 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Vienne.
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
101 people named Ta live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 58 people named Ta live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
202 people named Ta are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Ta in American newspapers,
1890–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,704,201 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Olivier Ta 1962– · screenwriter -
Tri Ta 1973– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ta.
- Szymanek 172 · U.S. census
- Szymaniak 120 · U.S. census
- Szymanski 8,748 · U.S. census
- Szymczak 1,593 · U.S. census
- Szymkowiak 341 · U.S. census
- Szyszka 212 · U.S. census
- Taba 226 · U.S. census
- Tabacchi 244 · U.S. census
- Tabar 630 · U.S. census
- Tabel 146 · U.S. census
- Tabellion 110 · U.S. census
- Tabet 487 · U.S. census
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