Metja Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Metja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 62 | 1:47,001 | 6,300 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Metja (737) may also be a first name.
Metja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metja occurs most in Albania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metja? popularity and diffusion
Metja is the 2,372,517th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Metja is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Metja live; 95 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent live in Albano-Europe. Metja is also the 303,201st most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 737 people.
The last name Metja is most frequently used in Albania, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 47,001. In Albania it is most prevalent in: Korçë County, where 50 percent live, Elbasan County, where 29 percent live and Tirana County, where 13 percent live. Besides Albania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
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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 Metja
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