Memai Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Memai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 145 | 1:529,535 | 30,787 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Albania | 13 | 1:224,158 | 14,039 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
The alternate forms: Memaï (2) are calculated separately.
Memai (120) may also be a first name.
Memai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Memai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Memai (Hindi: मेमइ, Marathi: मेमाई, Oriya: େମମାଇ) is found most frequently in Iran. It can appear as: Memaï. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Memai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Memai is the 1,044,719th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name Memai is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Memai live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Memai is also the 852,104th most frequent forename on earth It is held by 120 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 529,535. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Hamadan Province, where 66 percent live, Tehran Province, where 10 percent live and Lorestan Province, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Iran this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Memai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Memai in the Hindi language | ||
| मेमइ | mema'i | - |
| Memai in the Oriya language | ||
| େମମାଇ | emama'i | - |
| Memai in the Marathi language | ||
| मेमाई | mema'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 Memai
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