Metende Surname

839,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 328 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Metende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3251:63,9058,125
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Metende (11) may also be a first name.

Metende Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Metende Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Metende has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Metende? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 839,220th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Metende live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 78 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common given name internationally, borne by 11 people.

This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 325 people, or 1 in 63,905. In Cameroon Metende is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 64 percent live, South Region, where 27 percent live and Littoral Region, where 5 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Metendei934/
Matende869,996/
Motende861,334/
Mitende86701/
Mesende864/
Metendy863/
Metendi861/
Messende80192/
Mathende80148/
Matendeu80105/
Matendei8010/
Metindje806/
Moitende804/
Mithende804/
Mattende802/
Mateende802/
Matendhe802/
Mehendez801/
Matendea801/
Mecendez801/
Metendio801/
Mhende77808/
Meande775/
Meinde773/
Mgende772/
Messender751/
Messendje751/
Matinde716,687/
Mitenda71428/
Meinder71163/
Misende7176/
Motendi7175/
Matendi7175/
Meander7160/
Mitendi7156/
Metindi7145/
Meundie716/
Meandhe716/
Meindez713/
Metinda712/
Mesinde711/
Meundee711/
Mechendher711/
Meindee711/
Menhdee711/
Meindes711/
Meanede711/
Mitendé711/
Meandet711/
Meandez711/
Mheendi711/
Motinde711/
Meandes710/
Matindie6714/
Mitindje677/
Meisendi675/
Missende672/
Mahiende671/
Matindei671/
Mehenhdi671/
Maisende671/
Maitendi671/
Michende671/
Meandech671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Metende
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis