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
The last name Ametu has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ametu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 85,282nd most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,288,235 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ametu reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 646,152nd most numerous given name in the world. It is borne by 197 people.
The last name is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 5,312 people, or 1 in 18,363. Barring Ethiopia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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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