Metowa Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Metowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Metowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Metowa is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,274,477th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Metowa live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Metowa is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 1,093,109. In Cameroon Metowa is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 89 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 5 percent are found and West Region, where 5 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent are found and Nigeria, where 17 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
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- 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 Metowa
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