Metcheme Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Metcheme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Metcheme (151) may also be a first name.
Metcheme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metcheme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Metcheme is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metcheme? popularity and diffusion
The last name Metcheme is the 2,530,696th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Metcheme reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 749,223rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 151 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 364,370. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 93 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 2 percent live and Centre Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 2 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 Metcheme
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