Metenou Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Metenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 267 | 1:77,787 | 9,575 |
| Benin | 68 | 1:151,994 | 15,721 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Metenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metenou occurs most in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Metenou? popularity and diffusion
Metenou is the 801,116th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,821,560 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Metenou reside; 76 percent reside in Central Africa and 76 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 267 people, or 1 in 77,787. In Cameroon Metenou is most common in: West Region, where 40 percent live, Littoral Region, where 31 percent live and Centre Region, where 22 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Metenou is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metienou | 93 | 11 | / |
| Meteunou | 93 | 4 | / |
| Metengou | 93 | 2 | / |
| Metenoue | 93 | 1 | / |
| Meteno | 92 | 12 | / |
| Metenu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Metinou | 86 | 24 | / |
| Metegno | 86 | 16 | / |
| Metengo | 86 | 4 | / |
| Metieno | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meteinu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Metenoi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Metinhou | 80 | 25 | / |
| Metegnoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Metena | 77 | 539 | / |
| Metino | 77 | 109 | / |
| Mitenu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Miteno | 77 | 1 | / |
| Metinhoue | 75 | 182 | / |
| Metinhoué | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mitengo | 71 | 2,538 | / |
| Mitengu | 71 | 89 | / |
| Methena | 71 | 54 | / |
| Meteney | 71 | 38 | / |
| Mestino | 71 | 26 | / |
| Metenah | 71 | 25 | / |
| Mettino | 71 | 13 | / |
| Metenga | 71 | 10 | / |
| Metinoz | 71 | 2 | / |
| Metemho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Metoynu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meteina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Metenee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Methengoyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mettena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mitheno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Metheney | 67 | 743 | / |
| Methinus | 67 | 41 | / |
| Methinno | 67 | 9 | / |
| Misteanu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Maitengo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mitingou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Methenie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Methegna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metenhah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metiniyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mittenau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mitengoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metheena | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Metenou
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