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 appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 728,955th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 18,310,417 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 53 percent of Metai are found; 52 percent are found in South Asia and 36 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 825,494th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 127 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 5,326,843. In India Metai is most common in: Gujarat, where 62 percent live, Assam, where 17 percent live and Maharashtra, where 11 percent live. Apart from India this last name is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 28 percent live and Iran, where 15 percent live.
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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