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
The surname Metiwa is most common in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Metiwa is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Metiwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Metiwa reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 6 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: South Region, where 50 percent live and West Region, where 50 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 25 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 Metiwa
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