Mitchai Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Mitchai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 238 | 1:43,427 | 5,554 |
| Thailand | 39 | 1:1,811,240 | 225,763 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
The alternate forms: Mitchaï (104) & Mitchaî (29) are calculated separately.
Mitchai (2,610) may also be a first name.
Mitchai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mitchai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mitchai is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Mitchaï or Mitchaî. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mitchai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mitchai is the 940,398th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Mitchai are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 143,883rd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 2,610 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 238 people, or 1 in 43,427. In Benin Mitchai is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 43 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 23 percent are found and Collines Department, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 14 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mitchai
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