Peteng Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Peteng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Peteng (37) may also be a first name.
Peteng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peteng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peteng is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Peteng click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peteng? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,293,424th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Peteng are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Peteng is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 37 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 593,402. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: West Region, where 69 percent live, Littoral Region, where 29 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 39 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 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 Peteng
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