Metome Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Metome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 80 | 1:129,195 | 13,967 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
Metome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metome Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metome is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metome? popularity and diffusion
The last name Metome is the 1,775,494th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Metome are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Metome is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 129,195. In Benin Metome is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 83 percent live, Littoral Department, where 8 percent live and Zou Department, where 8 percent live. Apart from Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 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 Metome
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