Maey Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Maey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
Maey (220) may also be a first name.
Maey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻲ, Russian: Маей) is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,718,172nd most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Maey are found; 39 percent are found in Western Europe and 39 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Maey is also the 608,246th most widely held first name globally It is held by 220 people.
This last name is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 342,205. In Switzerland it is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Zürich, where 54 percent live, Republic and Canton of Ticino, where 38 percent live and Canton of Aargau, where 4 percent live. Barring Switzerland this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 12 percent live and Germany, where 10 percent live.
Maey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Maey has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻲ | my | - |
| Maey in the Russian language | ||
| Маей | maej | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Maey
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