Meto Surname
Approximately 12,199 people bear this surname
Meto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 3,539 | 1:25,978 | 2,903 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Bangladesh | 1,081 | 1:147,416 | 5,565 |
| India | 865 | 1:886,781 | 38,668 |
| Benin | 675 | 1:15,312 | 2,076 |
| Cameroon | 675 | 1:30,769 | 4,158 |
| Turkey | 623 | 1:124,914 | 10,320 |
| Kenya | 602 | 1:76,711 | 7,161 |
| Saudi Arabia | 398 | 1:77,527 | 10,981 |
| Philippines | 354 | 1:285,984 | 41,189 |
| Albania | 321 | 1:9,078 | 1,720 |
| Vanuatu | 275 | 1:957 | 231 |
| Pakistan | 246 | 1:726,195 | 10,760 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Indonesia | 211 | 1:626,773 | 49,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 201 | 1:40,566 | 4,927 |
| Japan | 62 | 1:2,062,005 | 28,203 |
| United States | 56 | 1:6,472,481 | 306,764 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Poland | 30 | 1:1,266,958 | 80,461 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Greece | 20 | 1:553,990 | 69,165 |
| Colombia | 16 | 1:2,985,880 | 14,490 |
| Bulgaria | 14 | 1:498,493 | 22,004 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Bhutan | 9 | 1:68,449 | 728 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Metô (3) are calculated separately.
Meto (4,843) may also be a first name.
Meto Demographics
Meto Political Affiliation
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Meto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meto Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meto (Georgian: მეთო, Hindi: मेतो, Marathi: मेटो, Oriya: େମେଟା, Russian: Мето, Tibetan: མེ་ཏོག་) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Metô. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meto? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meto is the 42,689th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 597,389 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Meto live; 29 percent live in North Africa and 29 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Meto is also the 98,148th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 4,843 people.
It is most common in Egypt, where it is carried by 3,539 people, or 1 in 25,978. Other than Egypt Meto is found in 69 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 12 percent live and Bangladesh, where 9 percent live.
Meto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Meto has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meto last name rose 1,120 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meto Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Meto surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Meto last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.
The amount Meto earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 43.12% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,027 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.6% less than the national average, earning $22,113,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 30.9% less than the national average, earning $29,818 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.09% less than the national average, earning $39,701 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meto in the Georgian language | ||
| მეთო | meto | - |
| Meto in the Marathi language | ||
| मेटो | meto | - |
| Meto in the Hindi language | ||
| मेतो | meto | 96.67 |
| मेटो | meto | 3.33 |
| Meto in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେଟା | emeta | 73.33 |
| େମଟ | emata | 26.67 |
| Meto in the Tibetan language | ||
| མེ་ཏོག་ | metok | 68.71 |
| མེ་ཏོག། | metok | 28.57 |
| མེ་ཏོག་། | metok | 0.68 |
| མེད་ཏོག། | métok | 0.68 |
| མེ་རྟོགས། | métok | 0.68 |
| མེ་རྟོག་ | métok | 0.68 |
| Meto in the Russian language | ||
| Мето | meto | - |
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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
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- 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 Meto
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