Metena Surname
Approximately 539 people bear this surname
Metena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 493 | 1:149,857 | 15,681 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Metena (170) may also be a first name.
Metena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metena (Marathi: मेटेना, Oriya: େମେଟନା) is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Metena is the 582,011th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,520,493 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Metena reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 701,320th most commonly used forename at a global level It is held by 170 people.
The surname Metena is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 493 people, or 1 in 149,857. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 5 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metena in the Marathi language | ||
| मेटेना | metena | - |
| Metena in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେଟନା | emetana | 75 |
| େମେଟଣା | emetana | 25 |
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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 Metena
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