Meetei Surname
Approximately 3,257 people bear this surname
Meetei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,251 | 1:235,948 | 13,786 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Meetei (24) may also be a first name.
Meetei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meetei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meetei is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Meetei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meetei? popularity and diffusion
Meetei is the 137,547th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,237,503 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Meetei live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 24 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 3,251 people, or 1 in 235,948. In India Meetei is most common in: Manipur, where 95 percent live, Assam, where 1 percent live and Delhi, where 1 percent live. Aside from India it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Bangladesh, where 0 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 Meetei
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