Metah Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Metah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 160 | 1:288,624 | 18,622 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Metah (249) may also be a first name.
Metah Demographics
Metah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Metah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﺎﻩ) occurs most in Kenya. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,125,333rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Metah live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 565,047th most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 249 people.
The surname Metah is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 288,624. In Kenya Metah is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 61 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 38 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Metah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺘﺎﻩ | mtah | - |
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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 Metah
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