Metab Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Metab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
India1241:6,186,011143,436
Pakistan291:6,160,13436,715
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
Afghanistan91:3,572,57620,130
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Metab (4,208) may also be a first name.

Metab Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Metab Come From? nationality or country of origin

Metab (Hindi: मेताब, Marathi: मेताब, Oriya: େମତାବ, Tibetan: སྨད་སྟབ།) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Metab? popularity and diffusion

The last name Metab is the 722,496th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Metab reside; 53 percent reside in North Africa and 53 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Metab is also the 106,977th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 4,208 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Not including Egypt this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 31 percent are found and Pakistan, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mehtab9113,266/
Meteab91184/
Methab9133/
Metaab916/
Metaeb913/
Mhetab912/
Meetab912/
Meatab911/
Mettab911/
Mechtab83171/
Mehtaab83109/
Mehthab8311/
Mheetab831/
Mejtaib831/
Mehtabs831/
Mehhtab831/
Meteb8023,371/
Matab801,908/
Motab80935/
Mitab80186/
Metap8030/
Metaw8017/
Metaf8010/
Metav808/
Mytab801/
Mahtab7321,578/
Metova73214/
Metafe73155/
Motaib73150/
Mehtap73148/
Maitab73125/
Meytav73108/
Mohtab7388/
Mestav7371/
Mujtab7362/
Metowa7336/
Mehtav7324/
Mhatab7323/
Meitav7318/
Mojtab7317/
Methav7314/
Mathab7313/
Mattab7313/
Meytap7313/
Maytab739/
Metaiv739/
Mataab738/
Meetap737/
Mithab736/
Mihtab736/
Mestaf735/
Mataub735/
Mataib735/
Methap734/
Matabh734/
Metape733/
Methaf732/
Mettaf732/
Metheb732/
Maatab732/
Moteab732/
Mistab731/
Meteav731/
Majtab731/
Meatap731/
Mothab731/
Metahp731/
Metaph731/
Metoub731/
Motaab731/
Myhtab731/
Meteeb731/
Mahatab675,028/
Mestawt671,771/
Moytaub67171/
Madtaib67105/
Mahtaab6750/
Metaffe6742/
Mithabh6718/
Meytova6717/
Maihtab6717/
Methape6714/
Matahab679/
Maithab677/
Mettova675/
Mathabh674/
Maytaub674/
Mujthab673/
Meitova673/
Mehttav672/
Maitaab672/
Mahttab672/
Mujtabh672/
Madtaeb672/
Mahtabb671/
Mithaub671/
Mehtaav671/
Mahtaib671/
Mahtajb671/
Mahhtab671/
Motahab671/
Mujhtab671/
Mejtova671/
Metaape671/
Mithaib671/
Majthab671/
Mujtaab671/
Meetahp671/
Meethap671/
Matai'b671/
Mattaib671/
Mahthab671/

Metab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Metab in the Tibetan language
སྨད་སྟབ།métab-
Metab in the Oriya language
େମତାବemataba-
Metab in the Hindi language
मेताबmetaba98.9
Metab in the Marathi language
मेताबmetaba97.06
मेतबmetaba2.94

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Metab
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