Metafe Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Metafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 154 | 1:134,864 | 15,121 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Metafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metafe occurs most in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Metafe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,403,590th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname Metafe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Metafe are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Metafe is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 134,864. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 63 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metaffe | 92 | 42 | / |
| Metafeu | 92 | 22 | / |
| Metafeh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Meutafe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Metaf | 91 | 10 | / |
| Maetafea | 86 | 12 | / |
| Metafeuh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Metaffey | 86 | 0 | / |
| Matafe | 83 | 75 | / |
| Metofe | 83 | 50 | / |
| Metafi | 83 | 44 | / |
| Metafa | 83 | 16 | / |
| Metefe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Mestaf | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mettaf | 83 | 2 | / |
| Methaf | 83 | 2 | / |
| Motafe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mehtafi | 77 | 49 | / |
| Matafeu | 77 | 12 | / |
| Mataafe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mataffe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mathafe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Metefei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Methafa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mestafi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Matafei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Metab | 73 | 403 | / |
| Mitaf | 73 | 47 | / |
| Metaw | 73 | 17 | / |
| Metav | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mettefeu | 71 | 14 | / |
| Methofer | 71 | 12 | / |
| Mestafai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mataffeu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mestaphe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mataffee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maetofea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Methöfer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matafi | 67 | 596 | / |
| Motafi | 67 | 442 | / |
| Metova | 67 | 214 | / |
| Meteab | 67 | 184 | / |
| Meytav | 67 | 108 | / |
| Mestav | 67 | 71 | / |
| Metoff | 67 | 44 | / |
| Metowa | 67 | 36 | / |
| Methab | 67 | 33 | / |
| Mitafa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Mehtav | 67 | 24 | / |
| Meitav | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mitafi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Methav | 67 | 14 | / |
| Matofe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Metaiv | 67 | 9 | / |
| Metaab | 67 | 6 | / |
| Meetab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mhetab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mytafi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Motofe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meatab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meteav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mattaffey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maitaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mitife | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metaph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metofa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metoof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metefi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mettab | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Metafe
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