Metai Surname
Approximately 398 people bear this surname
Metai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 144 | 1:5,326,843 | 130,588 |
| Algeria | 110 | 1:351,196 | 31,810 |
| Iran | 61 | 1:1,258,730 | 53,327 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 20 | 1:68,199 | 5,276 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
Metai (127) may also be a first name.
Metai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metai (Hindi: मेतई, Marathi: मेटै) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 728,955th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 18,310,417 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Metai reside; 52 percent reside in South Asia and 36 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 825,494th most widely held first name globally It is held by 127 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 5,326,843. In India it is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 62 percent are found, Assam, where 17 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 11 percent are found. Excluding India this surname is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 28 percent are found and Iran, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metai in the Hindi language | ||
| मेतई | meta'i | 78.57 |
| मेटई | meta'i | 14.29 |
| मेतइ | meta'i | 7.14 |
| Metai in the Marathi language | ||
| मेटै | metai | 34.78 |
| मेढाई | medha'i | 26.09 |
| मेटाई | meta'i | 26.09 |
| मेताई | meta'i | 13.04 |
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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 Metai
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