View the most religious surnames in Kenya

Where Does The Last Name Metha Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Metha (Arabic: ميثا, Bengali: মেথা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺘﻪ, Hindi: मेथा, Marathi: मेथा, Oriya: େମଥା) is most common in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Metha? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Metha is the 76,623^rd most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,139,926 people. The last name Metha is mostly found in Asia, where 81 percent of Metha are found; 51 percent are found in South Asia and 49 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Metha is also the 39,840^th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 18,645 people.

Metha is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 3,234 people, or 1 in 237,188. In India Metha is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 35 percent reside, Nagaland, where 16 percent reside and Karnataka, where 9 percent reside. Besides India this last name exists in 43 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 23 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.

Metha Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Metha has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Metha surname rose 3,820 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Metha Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Metha surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Metha surname are 5.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.79% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Metha earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 52.29% more than the national average, earning R 361,896 per year; in United States they earn 19.95% more than the national average, earning $51,757 USD per year and in Canada they earn 58.55% more than the national average, earning $78,772 CAD per year.