Meteka Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Meteka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Meteka (195) may also be a first name.
Meteka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meteka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meteka (Oriya: େମେଟକା, Russian: Метека) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Meteka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meteka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,210,518th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Meteka live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 649,894th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 195 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 241,501. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 98 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found and West Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meteka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meteka in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେଟକା | emetaka | - |
| Meteka in the Russian language | ||
| Метека | meteka | - |
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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
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- 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 Meteka
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