Metiwa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Metiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Metiwa (6) may also be a first name.
Metiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metiwa is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metiwa? popularity and diffusion
Metiwa is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Metiwa live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 6 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Metiwa is most prevalent in: South Region, where 50 percent are found and West Region, where 50 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 25 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 Metiwa
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