Metereau Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Metereau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metereau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1361:488,40268,701
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Météreau (2) are calculated separately.

Metereau Last Name Facts

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

Metereau is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Météreau. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Metereau? popularity and diffusion

The last name Metereau is the 1,491,356th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname Metereau occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Metereau live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most common in France, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 488,402. In France Metereau is most prevalent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 37 percent live, Île-de-France, where 25 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 19 percent live. Aside from France it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meterreau94155/
Metereaud947/
Meterau931/
Météreau922/
Meteraud8837/
Metera86604/
Metaireau82247/
Mittereau823/
Mottereau822/
Metheraud821/
Maetera80298/
Mhetera8041/
Mestera806/
Metaera801/
Moetera801/
Matereu801/
Mettera801/
Methera800/
M'Metera759/
Meteerat752/
Matera7117,349/
Mitera711,660/
Metara71204/
Motera71204/
Métaireau7128/
Metero7117/
Metira7113/
Metora7111/
Mechteras711/
Metreo711/
Mechterra711/
Mattera679,236/
Mistera67200/
Mestira67170/
Mathera67156/
Mateura67138/
Maitera67106/
Mothera67105/
Methara6754/
Mištera6752/
Mataera6747/
Metarah6733/
Mateera6730/
Meitora6727/
Moetara6720/
Maetara6718/
Mateara6715/
Maetora6714/
Moteira6711/
Materra6711/
Mitaera6710/
Meitira678/
Mitiera676/
Methero676/
Mhotera676/
Maetero675/
Meteros675/
Mateira674/
Mottera674/
Methora674/
Matiera673/
Meetara673/
Methira673/
Miterra672/
Moteera671/
Matejra671/
Maatera671/
Mittera671/
Motehra671/
Majtera671/
Mystera671/
Mestero671/
Mettira671/
Maetthoera671/
Moetora670/
Misterhaus670/

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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 Metereau
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