Metals Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Metals Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Metals (26) may also be a first name.

Metals Last Name Facts

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

The surname Metals is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Metals? popularity and diffusion

The last name Metals is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 33 percent of Metals reside; 33 percent reside in South Asia and 33 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 26 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 1,025,023. In Latvia it is most common in: Vidzeme, where 100 percent are found. Barring Latvia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 33 percent are found and Jamaica, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Metales92270/
Mettals922/
Meitalsh861/
Methales861/
Matals832/
Motales7721/
Meteles7720/
Mitales778/
Mathals775/
Matales772/
Meiteles7155/
Mithales7133/
Mestoles711/
Meteules711/
Meteless711/
Matthals710/
Mithalesh671,308/
Matalz671/
Matols671/
Moteles6213/
Miteles623/
Mateles623/
Metelez621/
Mittalz621/
Mathols621/
Mayteles5747/
Majteles5734/
Matthels573/
Mithelsh573/
Mateless572/
Mateiles571/
Motheles571/
Matheuls571/
Mitheles571/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Metals
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis