Meteke Surname
Approximately 1,919 people bear this surname
Meteke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Nigeria | 203 | 1:872,624 | 38,134 |
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meteke (3,396) may also be a first name.
Meteke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meteke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meteke has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meteke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meteke is the 214,351st most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,797,575 people. Meteke is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Meteke live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 122,219th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 3,396 people.
It is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Outside of Ethiopia it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 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 Meteke
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