Meten Surname
Approximately 261 people bear this surname
Meten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| Indonesia | 65 | 1:2,034,603 | 127,068 |
| Turkey | 43 | 1:1,809,801 | 65,502 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Meten (151) may also be a first name.
Meten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meten Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meten (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﻦ, Marathi: मेट, Oriya: େମେଟନ, Russian: Метен) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meten? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 985,740th most common surname globally It is held by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 42 percent of Meten reside; 35 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 35 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Meten is also the 749,223rd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 151 people.
Meten is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 98,238. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Madang, where 41 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 23 percent reside and Bougainville, where 18 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and Turkey, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meten Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meten in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେଟନ | emetana | - |
| Meten in the Marathi language | ||
| मेट | meta | - |
| Meten in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺘﻦ | mtn | 50 |
| ﺃﻣﺘﻦ | amtn | 50 |
| Meten in the Russian language | ||
| Метен | meten | - |
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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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- 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 Meten
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