Metam Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Metam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 113 | 1:6,788,189 | 152,128 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Metam (274) may also be a first name.
Metam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﺎﻡ, Hindi: मेताम, Marathi: मेताम) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,369,340th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Metam live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 536,832nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 274 people.
Metam is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 6,788,189. In India Metam is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 44 percent reside, Gujarat, where 29 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 12 percent reside. Aside from India this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and Thailand, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺘﺎﻡ | mtam | - |
| Metam in the Hindi language | ||
| मेताम | metama | 50 |
| मेतां | metam | 50 |
| Metam in the Marathi language | ||
| मेताम | metama | 50 |
| मेटम | metama | 42.86 |
| मेटाम | metama | 7.14 |
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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 Metam
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