Metra Surname
Approximately 2,437 people bear this surname
Metra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 653 | 1:202,526 | 19,171 |
| India | 580 | 1:1,322,527 | 51,643 |
| France | 322 | 1:206,282 | 32,050 |
| Philippines | 292 | 1:346,706 | 46,814 |
| Albania | 221 | 1:13,186 | 2,410 |
| Latvia | 150 | 1:13,667 | 2,029 |
| United States | 107 | 1:3,387,467 | 192,132 |
| Guam | 29 | 1:5,521 | 755 |
| Italy | 23 | 1:2,658,986 | 96,069 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Mētra (2) & Métra (1) are calculated separately.
Metra (1,655) may also be a first name.
Metra Demographics
Average Metra Salary in
United States
$58,367 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Metra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metra Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metra (Hindi: मेतरा, Tibetan: མི་ཏ་ར་) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Mētra or Métra. Click here for other possible spellings of Metra.
How Common Is The Last Name Metra? popularity and diffusion
It is the 175,744th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,990,376 people. The surname Metra is predominantly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Metra reside; 39 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 27 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 189,342nd most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,655 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 653 people, or 1 in 202,526. In Indonesia Metra is most numerous in: Bali, where 67 percent reside, West Sumatra, where 22 percent reside and South Sumatra, where 4 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this last name occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in India, where 24 percent reside and France, where 13 percent reside.
Metra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Metra has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Metra surname rose 5,350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Metra Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Metra last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% registered with the political party.
The amount Metra earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 21.44% less than the national average, earning $17,834,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 35.27% more than the national average, earning $58,367 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Metra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Metra in the Tibetan language | ||
| མི་ཏ་ར་ | mitara | 50 |
| མིཏ་ར་ | mitara | 50 |
| Metra in the Hindi language | ||
| मेतरा | metara | 40 |
| मेत्रा | metra | 32 |
| मेत्र | metra | 24 |
| मित्रपाल | mitrapala | 4 |
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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 Metra
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