Metab Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Metab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| India | 124 | 1:6,186,011 | 143,436 |
| Pakistan | 29 | 1:6,160,134 | 36,715 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
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
The last name Metab (Hindi: मेताब, Marathi: मेताब, Oriya: େମତାବ, Tibetan: སྨད་སྟབ།) is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metab? popularity and diffusion
Metab is the 722,496th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. The last name Metab is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Metab live; 53 percent live in North Africa and 53 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Metab is also the 106,977th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 4,208 people.
The surname Metab is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Outside of Egypt this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 31 percent reside and Pakistan, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metab in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྨད་སྟབ། | métab | - |
| Metab in the Oriya language | ||
| େମତାବ | emataba | - |
| Metab in the Hindi language | ||
| मेताब | metaba | 98.9 |
| Metab in the Marathi language | ||
| मेताब | metaba | 97.06 |
| मेतब | metaba | 2.94 |
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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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- 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 Metab
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