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
Metay (Marathi: मेताय, Tibetan: མི་སྤྲོས།) is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Métay. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 332,973rd most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,565,357 people. Metay is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Metay are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 81 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 39 people.
The surname is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 900 people, or 1 in 73,803. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Pays de la Loire, where 31 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 22 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 13 percent are found. Other than France this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 3 percent are found.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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