Metewere Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Metewere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Metewere Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon621:334,98530,391
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Metewere Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Metewere Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Metewere is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Metewere? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,414,640th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Metewere reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Chadic Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 334,985. In Cameroon Metewere is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 58 percent live, Centre Region, where 26 percent live and North Region, where 16 percent live. Besides Cameroon Metewere exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Metewerey9425/
Matewere8810,608/
Metebere881/
Matewerey821/
Matewerei821/
Metever801/
Metevier75311/
Matevere75186/
Meteiver7522/
Mateweri752/
Metuiwer751/
Metiveer750/
Metiever750/
Metheuver7137/
Matowerei7116/
Matawerey7113/
Metiviere712/
Metawarey711/
Metiver6741/
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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 Metewere
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