Metois Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Metois Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 512 | 1:129,732 | 19,797 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
The alternate forms: Métois (24) are calculated separately.
Metois Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metois Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metois is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Métois. Click here for other possible spellings of Metois.
How Common Is The Last Name Metois? popularity and diffusion
Metois is the 596,518th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 13,960,816 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Metois live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 512 people, or 1 in 129,732. In France it is mostly found in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 59 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 15 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 7 percent reside. Other than France this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Vanuatu, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Metois
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