Jatta or Jåttå is a surname and clan name. The surname originated from Prince Karapha Yalli Jatta son of Mansa Ali Djata Keita son of Mari Djata I establisher of the

Mali Empire The Mali Empire (Manding: ''Mandé''Ki-Zerbo, Joseph: ''UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century'', p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or Manden; ar, مالي, Māl� ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Antonio Jatta (1852–1912), Italian politician and lichenologist * Assan Jatta (born 1984), Gambian football striker * Bakery Jatta (born 1998), Gambian footballer * Barbara Jatta (born 1962), Italian art historian *

Daniel Laemouahuma Jatta Daniel Laemouahuma Jatta is a Jola scholar and musician from Mandinary, Gambia, who pioneered the research and documentation of the ''akonting'', a Jola folk lute, as well as the related Manjago folk lute, the buchundu, in the mid-1980s. Prio ...

, Jola scholar and musician from Mandinary, Gambia *

Fabakary Jatta Fabakary Tombong Jatta (born 16 November 1952) is a The Gambia, Gambian politician who has served as List of Speakers of the National Assembly of the Gambia, Speaker of the National Assembly since 2022 and the leader of the Alliance for Patriotic ...

, member of the Pan-African Parliament from the Gambia * Ousman Rambo Jatta, the Councilor of Old Bakau in Gambia * Paul Jatta (born 1991), Gambian footballer *

Sidia Jatta Sidia Sana Jatta (born 1945) is a Gambian politician, academic, and writer. Early life and education A Mandinka, Jatta was born in Sutukoba, Wuli District. He was educated locally and at Nungua Secondary School, near Accra, Ghana from 1961 to ...

, Gambian politician, academic, and writer * Jatta (novel), fantasy novel for teens with the heroine Princess Jatta 'whose life is not a fairytale'

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