Meata Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Meata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 87 | 1:93,721 | 12,528 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Meátà (1) are calculated separately.
Meata (329) may also be a first name.
Meata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meata (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻂ, Hindi: मेहता, Marathi: मेआता) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms: Meátà. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meata? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,839,022nd most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Meata live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 86 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 483,360th most widely held first name on earth, held by 329 people.
The surname Meata is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 93,721. In Papua New Guinea Meata is primarily concentrated in: Gulf, where 57 percent live, National Capital District, where 30 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 7 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meata Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meata in the Hindi language | ||
| मेहता | mehata | - |
| Meata in the Marathi language | ||
| मेआता | me'ata | - |
| Meata in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻂ | mt | 66.67 |
| ﻣﻌﻄﻪ | mth | 33.33 |
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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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