Metiwe Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Metiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 90 | 1:230,767 | 23,017 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
Metiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Metiwe is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Metiwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Metiwe? popularity and diffusion
Metiwe is the 1,839,022nd most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Metiwe reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 230,767. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: West Region, where 54 percent reside, Centre Region, where 44 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Metiwe exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Metiwe
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