Fetang Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Botswana

Fetang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fetang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220

Fetang (47) may also be a first name.

Fetang Last Name Facts

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

Fetang (Bengali: ফেতাং, Tibetan: ཕི་ཏང་) occurs most in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Fetang.

How Common Is The Last Name Fetang? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Fetang occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Fetang reside; 44 percent reside in Central Africa and 44 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Fetang is also the 1,467,136th most frequently used given name globally, borne by 47 people.

This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 83 percent live, Far North Region, where 8 percent live and Northwest Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 24 percent live and Botswana, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feutang9231/
Fettang921/
Fetan9185/
Fetane83308/
Fotang83295/
Feitan83160/
Fetean83110/
Fettan8343/
Feïtan8337/
Feetan8335/
Fatang8330/
Fethan8320/
Vetang8320/
Festan8312/
Fetong834/
Fitang832/
Fetand832/
Fietan832/
Feytan831/
Fetanh831/
Featan831/
Fetasingh801/
Fettane771,123/
Fethane77479/
Feštajn7715/
Phetang7713/
Fataing775/
Festtan773/
Vethang772/
Fehetan771/
Festain771/
Feethan771/
Feithan771/
Vietang771/
Fuitang771/
Fattang771/
Fetoing771/
Fetahan771/
Feetean770/
Fethean770/
Fitan73270/
Feton73146/
Vetan7364/
Fetam7325/
Feytongs71100/
Phethang717/
Fitangke716/
Fatahang712/
Phettang712/
Fhethane711/
Vejteang711/
Viethang711/
Feston672,671/
Featon67158/
Fithan6779/
Fetton6739/
Vettan6736/
Faitan6733/
Fethon6731/
Vitang6723/
Feetam6721/
Fetein6721/
Vatang6719/
Feiton6717/
Fitong6716/
Fitane6715/
Fittan6715/
Vethan6713/
Fetham6711/
Veitan675/
Fitean675/
Fettam675/
Fotong674/
Veetan674/
Phetan673/
Fistan673/
Fatong673/
Vetong672/
Fetoun672/
Phetthang672/
Feyton672/
Faytan672/
Fetoon671/
Fytanh671/
Fuitan671/
Fitaan671/
Foytan671/
Vetean671/
Feytam671/
Feïton671/
Fetgon671/
Fetone671/
Fehton670/
Feuton670/

Fetang Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fetang in the Tibetan language
ཕི་ཏང་pitang-
Fetang in the Bengali language
ফেতাংphetam-

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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 Fetang
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