Meteh Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Meteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 211 | 1:98,432 | 11,665 |
| Philippines | 80 | 1:1,265,478 | 96,721 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meteh (101) may also be a first name.
Meteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meteh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺘﻪ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meteh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 832,284th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Meteh live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Meteh is also the 940,641st most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 101 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 98,432. In Cameroon Meteh is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 48 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 32 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 12 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 24 percent are found and Iran, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meteh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meteh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﺘﻪ | amth | - |
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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 Meteh
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