de Mets Surname

588,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 531 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Mets Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the city of Metz. De is French for 'from'. The name happens to be spelled as one word and the 'z' has changes for some people in to an 's'.

de Mets Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4261:26,9874,294
France981:677,78386,620
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

de Mets Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the city of Metz. De is French for 'from'. The name happens to be spelled as one word and the 'z' has changes for some people in to an 's'.

- b.d.demets
DNA test information

de Mets Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Mets Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Mets occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Mets? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 588,441st most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 13,724,192 people. The surname de Mets occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of de Mets are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 56 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Mets is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is held by 426 people, or 1 in 26,987. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 70 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 24 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Belgium de Mets occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Medts93240/
de Meyts9323/
de Mes9240/
de Met923/
de Meydts8823/
de Meijts883/
de Meis86764/
de Metz86327/
de Mees86228/
de Mits86201/
de Meus867/
des Met862/
de Me836/
de Meyst80248/
de Meeûs80143/
de Meese8014/
de Mette8012/
de Meath805/
de Messe803/
De-Metts801/
de Mey773,170/
de Mei77143/
de Meu7757/
de Mie7746/
de Mee7739/
de Mer7716/
de Mec774/
de Mez773/
de Meh772/
de Med772/
da Mes771/
de Mit771/
de Mãe771/
de Meij71745/
De Meer71559/
de Muyt71185/
de Mite7153/
De-Meis7126/
de Muys7117/
de Mece7111/
de Moey719/
de Mais716/
der Mescht715/
de Muis712/
de Mise712/
De-Metz712/
di Meis711/
de Mois711/
di Meht711/
der Mee711/
de Myst710/
de Mi6757/
der Meer6725/
de Ma6720/
de Miche679/
da Me672/
de Maise672/
de Maite671/
de Misse671/
de Mí671/
de Muydt671/
der Meij671/
de Moise671/
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