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 last name Metowa is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Metowa.
How Common Is The Last Name Metowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. Metowa is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Metowa are found; 53 percent are found in Central Africa and 53 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Metowa is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 1,093,109. In Cameroon Metowa is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 89 percent live, Littoral Region, where 5 percent live and West Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 17 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 Metowa
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