Where does the surname "Fattah" approximately origin from? (Country, heritage, etc.)?

Question

Where does the surname "Fattah" approximately origin from? (Country, heritage, etc.)?

Answer 1

Fatta (without  final "h")  is an Italian family name present in  44 villages and cities, mainly in the southern region of Sicily (Palermo);

It's  present as :

-Di Fatta ( in Palermo, Partinico, Cefalù)

-Benfatta (Messina);

-Fatta (Palermo, Milano, Biella)  in USA the surname, in this form, is present in 15 states;

Fattarsi (Trento).

Fattah is an arabic name.

Answer 2

In my area it's from Jordan and Lebanon. I live in a heavily Arabic area just outside of Detroit and it's a very common name amongst the girls. According to my next door neighbor, it means "Allah shows" or "Allah gives knowledge".

Answer 3

This is the nearest I can find. It is not possible to attach a "heritage" to a name, you have to do the research to be able to attach your heritage to it.

Fatta    

Last name origin & meaning:

Italian: from a reduced form of the medieval personal name Benfatta.

"Fattah" : Arabic - "Decider".

Or

"Fattah", an Arabic word meaning "opener of the gates of sustenance" or "revealer," depending on the source.