# Jatta

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'''Jatta''' or '''Jåttå''' is a surname and clan name. The surname originated from [Prince Karapha Yalli Jatta](/source/Kombo) son of [Mansa Ali Djata Keita](/source/Uli_I_of_Mali) son of [Mari Djata I](/source/Sundiata_Keita) establisher of the [Mali Empire](/source/Mali_Empire).{{cn|date = May 2026}} Notable people with the surname include:

*[Alassana Jatta](/source/Alassana_Jatta) (born 1999), Gambian footballer
*[Antonio Jatta](/source/Antonio_Jatta) (1852–1912), Italian politician and lichenologist
*[Assan Jatta](/source/Assan_Jatta) (born 1984), Gambian football striker
*[Bakery Jatta](/source/Bakery_Jatta) (born 1998), Gambian footballer
*[Barbara Jatta](/source/Barbara_Jatta) (born 1962), Italian art historian
*[Daniel Laemouahuma Jatta](/source/Daniel_Laemouahuma_Jatta), Jola scholar and musician from Mandinary, Gambia
*[Fabakary Jatta](/source/Fabakary_Jatta) (born 1947), member of the Pan-African Parliament from the Gambia
*[Ousman Rambo Jatta](/source/Ousman_Rambo_Jatta) (born 1969), the Councilor of Old Bakau in Gambia
*[Paul Jatta](/source/Paul_Jatta) (born 1991), Gambian footballer
*[Sidia Jatta](/source/Sidia_Jatta) (born 1945), Gambian politician, academic, and writer
*[Jatta (novel)](/source/Jatta_(novel)), fantasy novel for teens with the heroine Princess Jatta 'whose life is not a fairytale'

==See also==
*[Jåttå Station](/source/J%C3%A5tt%C3%A5_Station), railway station at Jåttå in [Stavanger, Norway](/source/Stavanger%2C_Norway)
*[Jåttå videregående skole](/source/J%C3%A5tt%C3%A5_videreg%C3%A5ende_skole), upper secondary school in Stavanger, Norway
*[Jatta Ismail Khel](/source/Jatta_Ismail_Khel), village in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
*[''Jatta'' (film)](/source/Jatta_(film)), a 2013 Kannada film

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Category:Surnames of Gambian origin

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