Meetei Surname
Approximately 3,257 people bear this surname
Meetei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,251 | 1:235,948 | 13,786 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Meetei (24) may also be a first name.
Meetei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meetei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meetei occurs most in India. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meetei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 137,547th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,237,503 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Meetei live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 24 people.
Meetei is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 3,251 people, or 1 in 235,948. In India Meetei is mostly concentrated in: Manipur, where 95 percent live, Assam, where 1 percent live and Delhi, where 1 percent live. Other than India Meetei occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Bangladesh, where 0 percent live.
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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 Meetei
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