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) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Metam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Metam is the 1,369,340th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname Metam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Metam are found; 71 percent are found in South Asia and 70 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Metam is also the 536,832nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 274 people.
It is most common in India, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 6,788,189. In India Metam is most numerous in: Telangana, where 44 percent are found, Gujarat, where 29 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 12 percent are found. Barring India this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent are found and Thailand, where 4 percent are found.
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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