Metens Surname
Approximately 509 people bear this surname
Metens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 391 | 1:29,403 | 4,739 |
| France | 108 | 1:615,025 | 80,926 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Métens (42) are calculated separately.
Metens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metens occurs most in Belgium. It can occur as a variant: Métens. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metens? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 608,234th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,317,379 people. Metens occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Metens are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 391 people, or 1 in 29,403. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 76 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 20 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Belgium this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Metens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Metens has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Metens surname expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Métens | 94 | 42 | / |
| Maetens | 92 | 290 | / |
| Mettens | 92 | 235 | / |
| Mietens | 92 | 36 | / |
| Methens | 92 | 6 | / |
| Meetens | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mestens | 92 | 0 | / |
| Meatens | 92 | 0 | / |
| Metthens | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meutiens | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mehstens | 86 | 0 | / |
| Methiens | 86 | 0 | / |
| Mesens | 83 | 193 | / |
| Matens | 83 | 103 | / |
| Mitens | 83 | 35 | / |
| Metins | 83 | 2 | / |
| Motens | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mattens | 77 | 704 | / |
| Messens | 77 | 261 | / |
| Meesens | 77 | 104 | / |
| Mittens | 77 | 101 | / |
| Mathens | 77 | 53 | / |
| Maetins | 77 | 19 | / |
| Maatens | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mietins | 77 | 3 | / |
| Muytens | 77 | 2 | / |
| Meetins | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mahtens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Matiens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meatins | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meitins | 77 | 1 | / |
| Méthens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mateens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maitens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mothens | 77 | 0 | / |
| Methins | 77 | 0 | / |
| Means | 73 | 22,032 | / |
| Meins | 73 | 2,460 | / |
| Meyns | 73 | 580 | / |
| Metnz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Matns | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meuns | 73 | 0 | / |
| Meessens | 71 | 74 | / |
| Matthens | 71 | 15 | / |
| Muijtens | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mathiens | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mattiens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muyttens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meechins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meachens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matehens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matins | 67 | 1,453 | / |
| Meijns | 67 | 114 | / |
| Mitins | 67 | 34 | / |
| Motins | 67 | 8 | / |
| Micens | 67 | 4 | / |
| Meansh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meinss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Motenz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mesins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meinst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mattns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moeyns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mithns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mésens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meinns | 67 | 0 | / |
| Meihns | 67 | 0 | / |
| Meanse | 67 | 0 | / |
| Meinsh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Mathns | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Metens
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