Metate Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Metate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Metate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metate Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metate (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﺎﺗﻪ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metate? popularity and diffusion
The surname Metate is the 2,255,512th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name Metate occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Metate live; 70 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Metate is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 415,381. In Cameroon Metate is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 98 percent live and Centre Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Cameroon Metate is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metate Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metate in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺘﺎﺗﻪ | mtath | 25 |
| ﺍﻣﺘﺎﺕ | amtat | 25 |
| ﻣﻴﻨﺎﺕ | mynat | 25 |
| ﻣﺘﺘﻪ | mtth | 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 Metate
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