Metelus Surname

51,739th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,902 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Metelus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metelus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti9,4761:1,127176
United States2791:1,299,13691,043
Brazil591:3,628,379101,412
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
France201:3,321,136213,627
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Mételus (1) & Métélus (3) are calculated separately.

Metelus (134) may also be a first name.

Metelus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Metelus occurs more in Haiti more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Mételus or Métélus. For other possible spellings of Metelus click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Metelus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 51,739th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 735,967 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Metelus are found; 96 percent are found in Caribbean and 96 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 800,975th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 134 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Haiti, where it is held by 9,476 people, or 1 in 1,127. In Haiti it is primarily found in: Ouest, where 24 percent are found, Artibonite, where 16 percent are found and Nord, where 13 percent are found. Beside Haiti it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Metelus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Metelus surname are 22.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75.44% registered with the party.

Metelus earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.5% less than the national average, earning $37,755 USD 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
  • 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 Metelus
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