Ateme Surname
Approximately 1,272 people bear this surname
Ateme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 440 | 1:47,202 | 6,187 |
| Gabon | 354 | 1:5,337 | 981 |
| Uganda | 247 | 1:158,054 | 13,770 |
| Nigeria | 139 | 1:1,274,408 | 50,756 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Atémé (1) are calculated separately.
Ateme (202) may also be a first name.
Ateme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ateme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ateme is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Atémé. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ateme? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 299,135th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,729,203 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ateme are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 637,340th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 202 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 440 people, or 1 in 47,202. In Cameroon Ateme is most numerous in: East Region, where 37 percent reside, Centre Region, where 33 percent reside and South Region, where 26 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Ateme occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 28 percent reside and Uganda, where 19 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
- 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 Ateme
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