Metewe Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Metewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
Metewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metewe is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Metewe.
How Common Is The Last Name Metewe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Metewe live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon Metewe is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 58 percent live, East Region, where 33 percent live and Far North Region, where 4 percent live. Not including Cameroon Metewe is found in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 23 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 Metewe
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