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) occurs most in Iran. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Meitan.
How Common Is The Last Name Meitan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Meitan 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 frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 2,110 people.
This last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 38,391,262. In Iran it is mostly found in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 50 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Iran it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.
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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