Metreau Surname
Approximately 537 people bear this surname
Metreau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 533 | 1:124,620 | 18,942 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Métreau (10) are calculated separately.
Metreau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Metreau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Metreau is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Métreau. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Metreau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 583,527th most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 13,570,849 people. Metreau occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Metreau are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Metreau is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 533 people, or 1 in 124,620. In France Metreau is most prevalent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 58 percent are found, Centre-Val de Loire, where 14 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 12 percent are found. Beside France it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 0 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Metreau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Metreau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Metreau last name decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Metreau
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