Metong Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Metong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 140 | 1:1,265,305 | 50,482 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Metong (216) may also be a first name.
Metong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Metong occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metong? popularity and diffusion
The surname Metong is the 1,222,957th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname Metong occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Metong reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 614,549th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 216 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 1,265,305. In Nigeria Metong is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 54 percent live, Rivers, where 40 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 12 percent live and The Philippines, where 10 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 Metong
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