Metsela Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Metsela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
Metsela (25) may also be a first name.
Metsela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metsela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metsela is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metsela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Metsela is the 4,649,889th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Metsela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Metsela are found; 78 percent are found in Central Africa and 78 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 25 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Metsela is most numerous in: West Region, where 93 percent live and Centre Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 22 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 Metsela
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