Ametu Surname
Approximately 5,657 people bear this surname
Ametu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 5,312 | 1:18,363 | 2,443 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ametu (197) may also be a first name.
Ametu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ametu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ametu occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ametu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ametu is the 85,282nd most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,288,235 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ametu live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 646,152nd most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 197 people.
It is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 5,312 people, or 1 in 18,363. Without taking into account Ethiopia Ametu occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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 Ametu
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