Metayer Surname
Approximately 7,899 people bear this surname
Metayer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 5,499 | 1:12,079 | 1,195 |
| United States | 1,014 | 1:357,455 | 31,912 |
| Haiti | 632 | 1:16,905 | 1,510 |
| Canada | 344 | 1:107,109 | 11,509 |
| Argentina | 89 | 1:480,263 | 35,686 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | 1:122,740 | 5,063 |
| Chile | 66 | 1:266,916 | 7,921 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Andorra | 3 | 1:27,946 | 1,499 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Métayer (177) are calculated separately.
Metayer Demographics
Average Male Metayer Height
175.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Metayer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metayer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Metayer is found most frequently in France. It can be rendered as a variant: Métayer. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Metayer? popularity and diffusion
It is the 63,409th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 922,591 people. The surname Metayer is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Metayer live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most common in France, where it is held by 5,499 people, or 1 in 12,079. In France Metayer is most numerous in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 19 percent are found, Pays de la Loire, where 18 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 18 percent are found. Barring France Metayer is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Haiti, where 8 percent are found.
Metayer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Metayer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 20,280 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 460 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Metayer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Metayer surname are 33.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 86.82% registered with the party.
The amount Metayer earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.83% more than the national average, earning $45,233 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.1% less than the national average, earning $41,188 CAD per year.
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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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- 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 Metayer
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