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 surname Metame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﺎﻡ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,373,373rd most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Metame reside; 74 percent reside in Central Africa and 74 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 24 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 60 percent reside, West Region, where 36 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and Benin, where 3 percent reside.
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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