Metchele Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Metchele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Métchélé (1) are calculated separately.
Metchele (13) may also be a first name.
Metchele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metchele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metchele occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Métchélé. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Metchele? popularity and diffusion
Metchele is the 5,213,395th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Metchele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Metchele live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Metchele is most common in: Far North Region, where 79 percent live, Centre Region, where 7 percent live and Littoral Region, where 7 percent live.
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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 Metchele
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