Metame Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Metame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Metame (24) may also be a first name.
Metame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﺎﻡ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Metame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metame? popularity and diffusion
The last name Metame is the 3,373,373rd most frequently used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. Metame occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Metame are found; 74 percent are found in Central Africa and 74 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name globally, borne by 24 people.
The last name Metame is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon Metame is most common in: Southwest Region, where 60 percent are found, West Region, where 36 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and Benin, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺘﺎﻡ | mtam | - |
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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 Metame
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