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
Meai (Hindi: मीै, Marathi: मेऐ) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most frequently held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Meai live; 44 percent live in Southeast Asia and 44 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 920,134th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 105 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea Meai is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 30 percent are found, West New Britain, where 30 percent are found and Northern, where 22 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Meai exists 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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