Veteh Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Veteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Veteh (5) may also be a first name.
Veteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Veteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Veteh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺘﺢ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Veteh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Veteh is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Veteh live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Veteh is also the 5,493,085th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 5 people.
The last name Veteh is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Mauritania it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Veteh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Veteh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺘﺢ | fth | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻔﺘﺢ | alfth | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻔﺘﺎﺡ | alftah | 16.67 |
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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 Veteh
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