Meita Surname
Approximately 929 people bear this surname
Meita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 403 | 1:328,162 | 28,715 |
| Ukraine | 349 | 1:130,438 | 18,395 |
| Ivory Coast | 106 | 1:217,653 | 9,074 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 1:28,352 | 669 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Meita (5,866) may also be a first name.
Meita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meita Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meita (Georgian: მეითა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺘﺎ) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Meita.
How Common Is The Last Name Meita? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meita is the 383,038th most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,844,506 people. The last name Meita occurs mostly in Asia, where 44 percent of Meita reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Meita is also the 86,951st most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 5,866 people.
The surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 403 people, or 1 in 328,162. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Java, where 57 percent reside, Central Java, where 8 percent reside and West Java, where 8 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 38 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent reside.
Meita Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meita has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Meita surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meita Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meita in the Georgian language | ||
| მეითა | meita | - |
| Meita in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺘﺎ | myta | 25.64 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺘﻪ | amyth | 17.95 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺖ | amyt | 12.82 |
| ﻣﻴﺖ | myt | 12.82 |
| ﻣﻴﺘﻪ | myth | 12.82 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺘﺎ | amyta | 2.56 |
| ﺍﻣﻌﻴﻄﻪ | amyth | 2.56 |
| ﻣﻴﺘﻲ | myty | 2.56 |
| ﻣﺖ | mt | 2.56 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺘﻪ | amyth | 2.56 |
| ﻣﻴﺘﻰ | myty | 2.56 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺖ | amyt | 2.56 |
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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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- 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 Meita
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