Metchen Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Metchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Metchen (16) may also be a first name.
Metchen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metchen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Metchen is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Metchen.
How Common Is The Last Name Metchen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Metchen are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 16 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Grand Bassa County, where 100 percent live. Aside from Liberia Metchen is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 14 percent live and Thailand, where 14 percent live.
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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 Metchen
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