Quetama Surname

452,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Quetama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quetama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia7361:64,9102,951
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Quetamá (2) are calculated separately.

Quetama Last Name Facts

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

Quetama occurs more in Colombia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Quetamá. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Quetama? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 452,572nd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,716,728 people. The last name Quetama is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Quetama live; 99 percent live in South America and 98 percent live in Caribbean South America.

This last name is most commonly used in Colombia, where it is held by 736 people, or 1 in 64,910. In Colombia Quetama is most prevalent in: Nariño Department, where 74 percent live, Valle del Cauca Department, where 16 percent live and Putumayo Department, where 5 percent live. Other than Colombia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Ecuador, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 1 percent live.

Quetama Last Name Statistics demography

Quetama earn notably less less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 17.04% less than the national average, earning $18,834,800 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quetamá952/
Quitama86343/
Quatama8614/
Cuetama861/
Quetema861/
Quetamo861/
Kuetamas801/
Ketama77142/
Cetama773/
Qatama771/
Qetami771/
Ketamma71517/
Chetama71263/
Kestama7146/
Guitama7112/
Khetama719/
Quetomo719/
Ketamaa714/
Caetama714/
Kwetama712/
Keteama712/
Gbetama712/
Quitema711/
Kethama711/
Ketamas711/
Keïtama711/
Kietama711/
Kaetama711/
Quitamo711/
Kethamma67135/
Chetamma675/
Qahtamah674/
Kettamma674/
Keetamma672/
Guitauma671/
Guetouma671/
Chetamau671/
Quitames671/
Quiotoma671/
Quaitamo671/
Guatamah671/
Chettama671/
Khetamma671/
Keethama671/
Ketamash671/

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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
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  • 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 Quetama
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