Metusi Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Metusi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metusi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa661:820,87455,153
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

The alternate forms: Metuši (27) are calculated separately.

Metusi (30) may also be a first name.

Metusi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Metusi is most common in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant: Metuši. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Metusi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Metusi is the 2,312,869th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Metusi live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 30 people.

Metusi is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 820,874. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 39 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 20 percent reside and Gauteng, where 12 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

Metusi Last Name Statistics demography

Metusi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.04% less than the national average, earning R 116,340 per year.

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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 Metusi
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