# Ota (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ota/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Japanese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,984 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,920 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 155,618 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.7% (2,040 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Japanese 大田 (Ōta). The name of the ward of Tokyo comes from the first and last characters of 大森 (Ōmori) and 蒲田 (Kamata), respectively.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ota in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 8.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 76% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 10% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ota in Japan and Tokugawa shogunate.

## People named Ota

- Minoru Ōta, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Ōta Gyūichi

## Similar surnames

Ott, Otto, Otte, Oday, O'Dea, Oddo, Otey, Oda, Odeh, Ode, Oddy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.