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 surname Metong has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,222,957th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. 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. Metong is also the 614,549th most commonly used forename in the world, held by 216 people.
The last name Metong is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 1,265,305. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 54 percent are found, Rivers, where 40 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 12 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 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 Metong
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