Kemeta Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Kemeta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 114 | 1:182,185 | 19,170 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kemeta (149) may also be a first name.
Kemeta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemeta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kemeta has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemeta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,637,889th most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. The last name Kemeta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kemeta live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 754,880th most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 149 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 182,185. In Cameroon Kemeta is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 49 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 32 percent reside and West Region, where 14 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 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 Kemeta
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