Metou Surname
Approximately 1,159 people bear this surname
Metou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 985 | 1:21,085 | 2,869 |
| Greece | 117 | 1:94,699 | 15,986 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Métou (1) are calculated separately.
Metou (2,964) may also be a first name.
Metou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Metou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﻮ) occurs most in Cameroon. It may occur as: Métou. For other possible spellings of Metou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Metou is the 322,008th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 6,287,788 people. Metou occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Metou are found; 86 percent are found in Central Africa and 73 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Metou is also the 133,113th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 2,964 people.
The last name Metou is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 985 people, or 1 in 21,085. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 44 percent reside, South Region, where 34 percent reside and West Region, where 10 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 10 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺘﻮ | mtw | 55.73 |
| ﻣﺖ | mt | 24.93 |
| ﺍﻣﺘﻮ | amtw | 6.27 |
| ﻣﺔ | mt | 3.6 |
| ﺍﻣﺖ | amt | 3.47 |
| ﺍﻣﺔ | amt | 2.13 |
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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 Metou
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