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
The last name Metieh is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metieh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Metieh is the 2,312,869th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Metieh are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 63 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Edo, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 10 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 Metieh
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