Methusellah Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Methusellah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Methusellah (102) may also be a first name.
Methusellah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Methusellah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Methusellah occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Methusellah.
How Common Is The Last Name Methusellah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Methusellah are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 935,178th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 102 people.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Methusellah is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 80 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methussellah | 96 | 6 | / |
| Metusellah | 95 | 2 | / |
| Methusella | 95 | 1 | / |
| Methushella | 91 | 1 | / |
| Metusella | 90 | 2 | / |
| Methuslah | 90 | 1 | / |
| Metuisela | 80 | 27 | / |
| Metisella | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mathuzella | 76 | 1 | / |
| Mathusla | 74 | 5 | / |
| Mitusla | 67 | 2 | / |
| Matheuslea | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Methusellah
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