Metanga Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Metanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Metanga (58) may also be a first name.
Metanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metanga occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Metanga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Metanga is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Metanga live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Metanga is also the 1,295,729th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 58 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon Metanga is primarily concentrated in: East Region, where 53 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 18 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 9 percent are found and Gabon, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Metanga
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