Metata Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Metata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Metata (14) may also be a first name.
Metata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metata (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﺎﺕ, Hindi: मेतता, Marathi: मेटटा) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metata? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Metata live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 14 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 818,973. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Mauritania it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent live and India, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metata Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metata in the Hindi language | ||
| मेतता | metata | - |
| Metata in the Marathi language | ||
| मेटटा | metata | - |
| Metata in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺘﺎﺕ | mtat | 75 |
| ﻣﺘﺎﺗﻪ | mtath | 25 |
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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 Metata
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