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

The surname de Mets occurs most in Belgium. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 588,441st most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,724,192 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of de Mets live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Belgium, where it is borne by 426 people, or 1 in 26,987. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 70 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 24 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Belgium it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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