Mettur Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Mettur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mettur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India671:11,448,737210,278
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mettur (12) may also be a first name.

Mettur Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mettur occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mettur? popularity and diffusion

Mettur is the 2,034,059th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Mettur are found; 79 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Mettur is also the 3,306,491st most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 12 people.

This last name is most widespread in India, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 11,448,737. In India it is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 40 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 30 percent live and Karnataka, where 12 percent live. Apart from India it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 19 percent live and Singapore, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mettour92413/
Metteur9289/
Metture921/
Mettaur921/
Metur9140/
Mattur833,616/
Methur83546/
Meteur83379/
Metour83356/
Mittur8348/
Mottur8328/
Maetur836/
Meture832/
Mestur831/
Mietur831/
Meetur830/
Mettor830/
Meatur830/
Mestour775,661/
Mehtour77397/
Methour7711/
Meithur779/
Meytour777/
Meitour777/
Mattaur777/
Matthur776/
Mattour774/
Meteurr772/
Mheture771/
Mehture771/
Maetaur771/
Metheur771/
Meeteur770/
Matur737,550/
Motur73746/
Metor73358/
Mitur7318/
Mechtour7173/
Mestoure711/
Messtour711/
Metourhe711/
Mattheur710/
Mathur6792,975/
Mistur67273/
Mataur6786/
Methor6779/
Mithur6777/
Mahtur6727/
Maytur6712/
Mateur6712/
Moteur678/
Mitturová676/
Mothur674/
Mhatur674/
Miture673/
Meator673/
Mhotur673/
Maitur672/
Maatur672/
Metoor672/
Majtur671/
Meetor671/
Mittor671/
Mystur671/
Mechtoure671/
Moitur670/
Metoer670/

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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 Mettur
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