Mayai Surname
Approximately 5,427 people bear this surname
Mayai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 4,140 | 1:18,547 | 2,376 |
| Tanzania | 536 | 1:98,772 | 9,757 |
| Thailand | 498 | 1:141,844 | 22,147 |
| India | 119 | 1:6,445,928 | 147,141 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mayai (2,400) may also be a first name.
Mayai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mayai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mayai (Bengali: ময়ই, Hindi: माया, Marathi: मयई, Oriya: େଜଯ୍ାତିମର୍ୟୀ) is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayai? popularity and diffusion
Mayai is the 88,506th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,342,831 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Mayai live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 151,482nd most numerous first name world-wide, held by 2,400 people.
The surname is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 4,140 people, or 1 in 18,547. In Iran it is most frequent in: Khuzestan Province, where 91 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 2 percent reside and Isfahan Province, where 1 percent reside. Barring Iran this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 10 percent reside and Thailand, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mayai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mayai in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜଯ୍ାତିମର୍ୟୀ | ejayatimaryi | - |
| Mayai in the Bengali language | ||
| ময়ই | maya'i | 75 |
| মায়ৈ | mayai | 25 |
| Mayai in the Hindi language | ||
| माया | maya | 75 |
| मया | maya | 25 |
| Mayai in the Marathi language | ||
| मयई | maya'i | 50 |
| मयाइ | maya'i | 25 |
| माया | maya | 12.5 |
| मयाई | maya'i | 12.5 |
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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 Mayai
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