Geteni Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Geteni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Geteni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Geteni Last Name Facts

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

The surname Geteni occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Geteni.

How Common Is The Last Name Geteni? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Geteni live; 71 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Geteni is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 80 percent are found and National Capital District, where 20 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 14 percent are found and Kenya, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Getenyi9278/
Getene8334/
Getini8314/
Jeteni832/
Geteny831/
Getenet7743,806/
Zetenyi7773/
Gettini7770/
Getenay7746/
Seteani7726/
Setenyi7720/
Gitenis7716/
Getenes774/
Cetenyi774/
Setteni773/
Getener772/
Seeteni771/
Seuteni771/
Setenai771/
Getteny771/
Jetteni771/
Jetheni771/
Jesteni771/
Gestene770/
Getenesh7139,121/
Gitenait7164/
Zsetenyi7111/
Gestener714/
Gittenis712/
Geteinet711/
Setienei711/
Sehteani711/
Jesteani711/
Djetteni711/
Gettener711/
Gettenes711/
Gettesny710/
Getteney710/
Gitene67373/
Gestetner67336/
Setene67284/
Zetena6717/
Cetene6714/
Gittenait679/
Gitini676/
Jetene675/
Jetini673/
Žeténi671/
Zetene671/
Seteny671/
Getine671/
Giteny671/
Gettenesh671/

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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 Geteni
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