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 more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metiwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,839,022nd most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Metiwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Metiwe live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 230,767. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: West Region, where 54 percent are found, Centre Region, where 44 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 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 Metiwe
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