Metsehet Surname

295,816th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Metsehet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metsehet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Metsehet (58) may also be a first name.

Metsehet Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Metsehet Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Metsehet is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Metsehet? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 295,816th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,653,643 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Metsehet live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Metsehet is also the 1,295,729th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 58 people.

It is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Not including Ethiopia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Metasehet941/
Metsihet8850/
Metsihaet821/
Matsehut753/
Mechiet67157/
Metzget671/
Mitsihit631/
Mutsohot631/
Madsahet631/
Mitsuhata591,455/
Mitsuhita5911/
Matsuhata599/
Matsuhita597/
Mitsuhito595/
Mezihed53169/
Matsied531/
Mazieeth501/

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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 Metsehet
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