Eteme Surname
Approximately 5,628 people bear this surname
Eteme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5,404 | 1:3,843 | 458 |
| Nigeria | 122 | 1:1,451,990 | 55,913 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Etémé (2) & Étémé (2) are calculated separately.
Eteme (470) may also be a first name.
Eteme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eteme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eteme is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Etémé or Étémé. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Eteme? popularity and diffusion
Eteme is the 85,693rd most frequently used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,294,873 people. The surname Eteme occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Eteme are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 392,739th most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 470 people.
The last name Eteme is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5,404 people, or 1 in 3,843. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 80 percent reside, South Region, where 7 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, 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
- 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 Eteme
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