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
Metame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﺎﻡ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Metame is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Metame live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 24 people.
The surname Metame is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon Metame is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 60 percent live, West Region, where 36 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Metame occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and Benin, where 3 percent live.
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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