Meetha Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Meetha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 51 | 1:3,502,821 | 26,594 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meetha (516) may also be a first name.
Meetha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meetha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meetha (Hindi: मीठा) is most common in Pakistan. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meetha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,020,555th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Meetha reside; 73 percent reside in South Asia and 62 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Meetha is also the 372,032nd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 516 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 3,502,821. In Pakistan Meetha is most common in: Punjab, where 59 percent live, Sindh, where 39 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 2 percent live. Beside Pakistan it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent live and Thailand, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meetha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meetha in the Hindi language | ||
| मीठा | mitha | - |
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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 Meetha
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