Meitan Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Meitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meitan (2,110) may also be a first name.
Meitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meitan (Russian: Меитан) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meitan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meitan is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Meitan are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Meitan is also the 163,694th most frequent given name in the world It is held by 2,110 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 38,391,262. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 50 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 50 percent reside. Beside Iran Meitan occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meitan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meitan in the Russian language | ||
| Меитан | meitan | - |
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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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- 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 Meitan
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