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
The surname Metah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﺎﻩ) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,125,333rd most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Metah reside; 76 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 565,047th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 249 people.
The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 288,624. In Kenya Metah is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 61 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 38 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Kenya it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 9 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Metah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Metah surname is primarily 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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