Metefa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Metefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Metefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Metefa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metefa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Metefa is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Metefa are found; 88 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 88 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
It is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Metefa is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 71 percent live, East New Britain, where 14 percent live and National Capital District, where 14 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mestefa | 92 | 6 | / |
| Maetefau | 86 | 7 | / |
| Mestefah | 86 | 3 | / |
| Messtefa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mestefai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Motefa | 83 | 89 | / |
| Metafa | 83 | 16 | / |
| Metefe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Matefa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Metifa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Metefo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Metefi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Metofa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mestehfah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mistefa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Matepfa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mattefa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Metefei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Methafa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mehtieva | 71 | 91 | / |
| Mettefeu | 71 | 14 | / |
| Maetafea | 71 | 12 | / |
| Maetefou | 71 | 11 | / |
| Maetofea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Modtefai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mestepha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maetafau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matafa | 67 | 479 | / |
| Motafa | 67 | 229 | / |
| Metafo | 67 | 61 | / |
| Matifa | 67 | 35 | / |
| Matefo | 67 | 30 | / |
| Mitafa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Matofa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Motofa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Motifa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mitofa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mitefi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Metefa
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