Metop Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Metop Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Metop (17) may also be a first name.
Metop Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metop Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metop is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metop? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,047,559th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Metop are found; 85 percent are found in Central Africa and 83 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 17 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 288,459. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 39 percent are found, East Region, where 38 percent are found and Centre Region, where 22 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 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 Metop
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