Metey Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Metey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 60 | 1:12,784,423 | 224,716 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Metey (16) may also be a first name.
Metey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metey (Russian: Метей, Tibetan: མི་ཀྲེ།) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Metey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,136,387th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Metey are found; 77 percent are found in South Asia and 77 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 12,784,423. In India it is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 98 percent live and Maharashtra, where 2 percent live. Besides India this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 6 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metey in the Tibetan language | ||
| མི་ཀྲེ། | mitré | - |
| Metey in the Russian language | ||
| Метей | metej | - |
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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 Metey
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