Memay Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Memay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 127 | 1:6,039,885 | 141,381 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Memay (151) may also be a first name.
Memay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Memay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Memay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻤﺎﻱ, Marathi: मेमाय) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Memay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,471,719th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Memay live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Memay is also the 749,223rd most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 151 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 6,039,885. In India Memay is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 96 percent are found, Arunachal Pradesh, where 2 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 2 percent are found. Aside from India Memay is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 10 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Memay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Memay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻤﺎﻱ | ammay | - |
| Memay in the Marathi language | ||
| मेमाय | memaya | - |
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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 Memay
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