Mettendorf Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Mettendorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mettendorf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1831:439,92139,335
United States371:9,796,187405,931
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
France21:33,211,361423,184
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Mettendorf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mettendorf occurs most in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mettendorf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mettendorf is the 1,073,555th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Mettendorf are found; 84 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Mettendorf is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 439,921. In Germany Mettendorf is most common in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 31 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent live and Saarland, where 10 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and Belgium, where 4 percent live.

Mettendorf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Mettendorf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mettendorf surname increased 740 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mettendorf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Mettendorf surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.

Mettendorf earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.54% more than the national average, earning $56,757 USD per year.

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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 Mettendorf
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