Meai Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Meai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Meai (105) may also be a first name.
Meai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meai (Hindi: मीै, Marathi: मेऐ) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meai is the 2,436,415th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Meai is predominantly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Meai reside; 44 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 44 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Meai is also the 920,134th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 105 people.
The last name Meai is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea Meai is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 30 percent are found, West New Britain, where 30 percent are found and Northern, where 22 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 37 percent are found and Pakistan, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meai in the Hindi language | ||
| मीै | miai | - |
| Meai in the Marathi language | ||
| मेऐ | me'ai | - |
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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 Meai
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