Meterna Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Meterna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meterna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania771:260,75224,395
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Meternă (4) are calculated separately.

Meterna Last Name Facts

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

The last name Meterna occurs most in Romania. It may also be found in the variant forms: Meternă. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Meterna? popularity and diffusion

The last name Meterna is the 2,091,648th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname Meterna occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Meterna are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname Meterna is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 260,752. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Brașov County, where 52 percent live and Galați County, where 48 percent live. Without taking into account Romania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Meterna
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis