Metchede Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Metchede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 245 | 1:42,186 | 5,415 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
The alternate forms: Metchédé (1) are calculated separately.
Metchede (47) may also be a first name.
Metchede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metchede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metchede occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Metchédé. Click here for further potential spellings of Metchede.
How Common Is The Last Name Metchede? popularity and diffusion
The last name Metchede is the 945,594th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname Metchede is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Metchede reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Metchede is also the 1,467,136th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 47 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 42,186. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Collines Department, where 74 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 11 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 7 percent reside. Other than Benin it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Metchede
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