Meitaya Surname
Approximately 388 people bear this surname
Meitaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 279 | 1:165,519 | 12,800 |
| Tanzania | 108 | 1:490,200 | 32,950 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Meitaya (74) may also be a first name.
Meitaya Demographics
Meitaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Meitaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meitaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meitaya (Hindi: मेिटया) is most common in Kenya. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Meitaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meitaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 742,570th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meitaya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Meitaya is also the 1,125,792nd most common forename at a global level, borne by 74 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 279 people, or 1 in 165,519. In Kenya Meitaya is primarily found in: Narok County, where 100 percent live and Nakuru County, where 0 percent live. Other than Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 28 percent live and Japan, where 0 percent live.
Meitaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meitaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meitaya in the Hindi language | ||
| मेिटया | meitaya | - |
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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 Meitaya
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