Maeya Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Maeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 326 | 1:392,160 | 12,753 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Maeya (302) may also be a first name.
Maeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maeya (Marathi: माया, Russian: Маея) is most common in Japan. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 761,666th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Maeya live; 87 percent live in East Asia and 87 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 506,891st most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 302 people.
The last name Maeya is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 326 people, or 1 in 392,160. In Japan Maeya is most prevalent in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 35 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent reside and Chiba Prefecture, where 15 percent reside. Beside Japan this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maeya in the Marathi language | ||
| माया | maya | - |
| Maeya in the Russian language | ||
| Маея | maea | - |
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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 Maeya
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