Metović Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Metović Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Metović Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia1891:37,8043,906
Montenegro1181:5,4201,007
Bosnia and Herzegovina101:353,64013,005
Kosovo41:465,46710,032
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Metovic (113) & Metovič (1) are calculated separately.

Metović Last Name Facts

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

The surname Metović occurs in Serbia more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Metovic or Metovič. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Metović? popularity and diffusion

It is the 849,693rd most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Metović are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Metović is most frequently occurring in Serbia, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 37,804. In Serbia Metović is most common in: Zlatibor District, where 70 percent are found, Raška District, where 17 percent are found and Belgrade, where 8 percent are found. Besides Serbia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Montenegro, where 37 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Metović
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