Metien Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Metien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Metien (28) may also be a first name.
Metien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metien Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metien occurs most in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metien? popularity and diffusion
The surname Metien is the 4,772,636th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Metien live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 28 people.
The surname Metien is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon Metien is most common in: East Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Metien
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