Metsam Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Metsam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 240 | 1:86,538 | 10,461 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Metsam (49) may also be a first name.
Metsam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metsam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metsam occurs most in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metsam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Metsam is the 1,041,601st most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The last name Metsam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Metsam are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 66 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 49 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 86,538. In Cameroon Metsam is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 71 percent live, Centre Region, where 17 percent live and Littoral Region, where 9 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 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 Metsam
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