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) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meitaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 742,570th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 18,782,335 people. Meitaya occurs mostly 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 frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 74 people.
The surname Meitaya is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 279 people, or 1 in 165,519. In Kenya Meitaya is primarily concentrated in: Narok County, where 100 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 0 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 28 percent are found and Japan, where 0 percent are found.
Meitaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Meitaya last name is chiefly 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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