Metang Surname
Approximately 526 people bear this surname
Metang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 449 | 1:46,256 | 6,077 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Metang (72) may also be a first name.
Metang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metang (Marathi: मेटांग) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Metang.
How Common Is The Last Name Metang? popularity and diffusion
Metang is the 592,650th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 13,854,650 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Metang live; 85 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Metang is also the 1,143,416th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 72 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 449 people, or 1 in 46,256. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 37 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 36 percent reside and West Region, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 7 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metang in the Marathi language | ||
| मेटांग | metanga | 80 |
| मेटांगे़ | metange | 13.33 |
| मेतंग | metanga | 6.67 |
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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 Metang
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