Petnga Surname
Approximately 967 people bear this surname
Petnga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 951 | 1:21,839 | 2,985 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Petnga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petnga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Petnga is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Petnga? popularity and diffusion
Petnga is the 371,278th most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 7,536,242 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Petnga reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 951 people, or 1 in 21,839. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 38 percent live, Littoral Region, where 33 percent live and West Region, where 23 percent live. Barring Cameroon it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and France, where 0 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 Petnga
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