Metella Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Metella Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 34 | 1:120,437 | 7,101 |
| Russia | 34 | 1:4,238,913 | 201,756 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Metella (141) may also be a first name.
Metella Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metella Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metella (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻄﻞ, Russian: Метелла) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metella? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,894,523rd most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Metella are found; 35 percent are found in West Africa and 35 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 778,371st most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 141 people.
This last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 120,437. In Mauritania Metella is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 97 percent are found and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 35 percent are found and Cameroon, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metella Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metella in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻄﻞ | mtl | 83.33 |
| ﻣﻌﻄﻠﻪ | mtlh | 16.67 |
| Metella in the Russian language | ||
| Метелла | metella | - |
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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 Metella
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