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 surname Petnga occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petnga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Petnga is the 371,278th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 7,536,242 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Petnga live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 951 people, or 1 in 21,839. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 38 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 33 percent reside and West Region, where 23 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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- 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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