Metenge Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Metenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Metenge (18) may also be a first name.
Metenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metenge (Marathi: मेटगे) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Metenge reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Metenge is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 18 people.
The surname Metenge is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: New Ireland, where 75 percent live, Chimbu, where 13 percent live and Madang, where 13 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metenge Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metenge in the Marathi language | ||
| मेटगे | metage | - |
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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 Metenge
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