Mekhalai Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Mekhalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 134 | 1:527,152 | 91,366 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
Mekhalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekhalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekhalai (Marathi: मेखलाई) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mekhalai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekhalai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,497,948th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. The surname Mekhalai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Mekhalai are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Tai-Asia.
The last name is most frequent in Thailand, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 527,152. In Thailand it is most frequent in: Phetchaburi Province, where 73 percent reside, Satun Province, where 19 percent reside and Bangkok, where 4 percent reside. Not including Thailand this surname is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mekhalai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mekhalai in the Marathi language | ||
| मेखलाई | mekhala'i | - |
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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 Mekhalai
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