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
The last name Metens is found most in Belgium. It can be rendered as a variant: Métens. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metens? popularity and diffusion
Metens is the 608,234th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,317,379 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Metens live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 391 people, or 1 in 29,403. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Walloon Region, where 76 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 20 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Belgium this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Metens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Metens has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Metens surname grew 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
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- 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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