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
The last name Meten (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺘﻦ, Marathi: मेट, Oriya: େମେଟନ, Russian: Метен) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meten? popularity and diffusion
Meten is the 985,740th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. The last name Meten is mostly 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 widely held first name at a global level, held by 151 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 98,238. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Madang, where 41 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 23 percent reside and Bougainville, where 18 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs 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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- 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 Meten
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