Meter Surname
Approximately 3,374 people bear this surname
Meter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 695 | 1:521,524 | 43,542 |
| Egypt | 671 | 1:137,013 | 10,788 |
| Turkey | 317 | 1:245,493 | 17,122 |
| Netherlands | 279 | 1:60,528 | 10,425 |
| Indonesia | 245 | 1:539,793 | 43,593 |
| Germany | 234 | 1:344,040 | 33,598 |
| Croatia | 228 | 1:18,547 | 3,822 |
| South Africa | 162 | 1:334,430 | 31,173 |
| Poland | 82 | 1:463,521 | 46,884 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77 | 1:45,927 | 5,983 |
| Malaysia | 72 | 1:409,642 | 21,284 |
| Afghanistan | 65 | 1:494,664 | 6,293 |
| Argentina | 43 | 1:994,033 | 62,207 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 126 | 1:398,561 | 29,579 |
Meter (1,117) may also be a first name.
Meter Demographics
Average Meter Salary in
United States
$43,404 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meter (Arabic: المتر, Hindi: मेटेर, Russian: Метер) occurs most in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meter? popularity and diffusion
It is the 133,601st most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,159,913 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 32 percent of Meter are found; 21 percent are found in North America and 21 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Meter is also the 238,581st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 1,117 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 695 people, or 1 in 521,524. In The United States it is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 11 percent reside, Nebraska, where 8 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Besides The United States it is found in 53 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 20 percent reside and Turkey, where 9 percent reside.
Meter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meter surname grew 552 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meter Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Meter are 18.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.84% being registered with the party.
The amount Meter earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 9.27% less than the national average, earning R 215,604 per year and in United States they earn 0.59% more than the national average, earning $43,404 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meter in the Hindi language | ||
| मेटेर | metera | - |
| Meter in the Russian language | ||
| Метер | meter | - |
| Meter in the Arabic language | ||
| المتر | almtr | - |
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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 Meter
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