Metay Surname
Approximately 1,110 people bear this surname
Metay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 900 | 1:73,803 | 10,335 |
| India | 147 | 1:5,218,132 | 128,839 |
| Northern Cyprus | 28 | 1:11,393 | 2,921 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Métay (10) are calculated separately.
Metay (39) may also be a first name.
Metay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metay (Marathi: मेताय, Tibetan: མི་སྤྲོས།) occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Métay. For other potential spellings of Metay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 332,973rd most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 6,565,357 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Metay live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent given name internationally, borne by 39 people.
This surname is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 900 people, or 1 in 73,803. In France it is primarily found in: Pays de la Loire, where 31 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 22 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent live. Excluding France it occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metay in the Tibetan language | ||
| མི་སྤྲོས། | mitrö | - |
| Metay in the Marathi language | ||
| मेताय | metaya | - |
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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 Metay
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