Metian Surname

587,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 532 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Metian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4181:110,4789,449
Tanzania1051:504,20633,569
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Metian (140) may also be a first name.

Metian Last Name Facts

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

The last name Metian is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Metian? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 587,571st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,698,395 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Metian live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 781,395th most commonly used given name internationally, borne by 140 people.

Metian is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 110,478. In Kenya Metian is most prevalent in: Kajiado County, where 71 percent live, Narok County, where 28 percent live and Kiambu County, where 0 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 20 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.

Metian Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Metian last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Metian
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