Mete Surname
Approximately 74,861 people bear this surname
Mete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 35,717 | 1:21,476 | 1,664 |
| Turkey | 25,187 | 1:3,090 | 439 |
| Indonesia | 6,442 | 1:20,529 | 2,498 |
| Cameroon | 1,641 | 1:12,656 | 1,705 |
| DR Congo | 1,183 | 1:62,451 | 7,409 |
| Mali | 839 | 1:20,225 | 746 |
| Italy | 602 | 1:101,589 | 17,220 |
| Australia | 336 | 1:80,344 | 9,348 |
| United States | 326 | 1:1,111,837 | 80,317 |
| Canada | 290 | 1:127,054 | 13,264 |
| Papua New Guinea | 265 | 1:30,769 | 3,541 |
| Philippines | 259 | 1:390,881 | 50,526 |
| Ivory Coast | 214 | 1:107,809 | 5,491 |
| Germany | 203 | 1:396,579 | 36,740 |
| Albania | 188 | 1:15,500 | 2,766 |
| Argentina | 157 | 1:272,251 | 21,915 |
| Tanzania | 128 | 1:413,606 | 29,126 |
| Switzerland | 99 | 1:82,959 | 9,414 |
| Solomon Islands | 82 | 1:7,074 | 1,084 |
| Nigeria | 82 | 1:2,160,278 | 74,262 |
| Romania | 60 | 1:334,631 | 29,229 |
| New Zealand | 58 | 1:78,075 | 11,384 |
| Sweden | 46 | 1:214,060 | 14,843 |
| Thailand | 45 | 1:1,569,741 | 208,465 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| Austria | 34 | 1:250,454 | 29,541 |
| Senegal | 32 | 1:455,604 | 2,071 |
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| Azerbaijan | 24 | 1:402,047 | 8,317 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Northern Cyprus | 11 | 1:29,001 | 6,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
The alternate forms: Metê (2), Meté (1) & Mété (4) are calculated separately.
Mete (17,270) may also be a first name.
Mete Demographics
Average Male Mete Height
175.7 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mete (Bengali: মেতে, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﻪ, Hindi: मेटे, Marathi: मेटे, Oriya: େମେଟ, Russian: Мете) is most common in India. It can also be rendered as a variant: Metê, Meté or Mété. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mete? popularity and diffusion
Mete is the 7,574th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 97,348 people. The surname Mete is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Mete reside; 48 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 42,068th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 17,270 people.
The last name is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 35,717 people, or 1 in 21,476. In India it is mostly concentrated in: West Bengal, where 81 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 17 percent reside and Telangana, where 1 percent reside. Not including India this surname occurs in 78 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 34 percent reside and Indonesia, where 9 percent reside.
Mete Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mete has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mete surname grew 1,254 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mete Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Mete surname are 6.47% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.7% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mete earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 44.97% more than the national average, earning €43,533 per year; in United States they earn 30.24% more than the national average, earning $56,198 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.22% more than the national average, earning $52,773 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mete Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mete in the Bengali language | ||
| মেতে | mete | - |
| Mete in the Marathi language | ||
| मेटे | mete | 97.86 |
| मेते | mete | 1.46 |
| माेटे | maete | 0.23 |
| मोेटे | moete | 0.13 |
| मेटॆ | mete | 0.08 |
| मेठे | methe | 0.06 |
| मोेते | moete | 0.02 |
| मेटे़ | mete | 0.02 |
| Mete in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେଟ | emeta | 92.31 |
| େମେତ | emeta | 7.69 |
| Mete in the Hindi language | ||
| मेटे | mete | 66.67 |
| मेते | mete | 33.33 |
| Mete in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺘﻪ | mth | 37.5 |
| ﻣﺖ | mt | 37.5 |
| ﺍﻣﺖ | amt | 12.5 |
| ﻣﺔ | mt | 6.25 |
| ﺍﻣﺘﻪ | amth | 6.25 |
| Mete in the Russian language | ||
| Мете | mete | - |
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Mete Reference & Research
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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 Mete
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