Vetene Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Vetene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 120 | 1:34,124 | 2,752 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vetene (12) may also be a first name.
Vetene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vetene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vetene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺘﻰ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vetene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vetene is the 1,637,889th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Vetene live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Vetene is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 12 people.
It is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 34,124. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Trarza Region, where 89 percent reside, Guidimagha Region, where 8 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vetene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vetene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺘﻰ | fty | 50 |
| ﻓﺘﻦ | ftn | 44.12 |
| ﻓﺘﻲ | fty | 5.88 |
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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 Vetene
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