Metieh Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Metieh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Metieh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metieh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metieh is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metieh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,312,869th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Metieh reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 63 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Edo, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 12 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Metieh
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