Meelai Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Meelai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meelai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meelai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meelai is most common in Thailand. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meelai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Meelai reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Tai-Asia.
It is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 4,414,897. In Thailand it is primarily found in: Chiang Mai Province, where 44 percent live, Songkhla Province, where 25 percent live and Bangkok, where 6 percent live. Apart from Thailand this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Meelai
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