Métraux Surname
Approximately 334 people bear this surname
Métraux Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 332 | 1:24,738 | 3,884 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
The alternate forms: Metraux (105) are calculated separately.
Métraux Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Métraux Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Métraux is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Metraux. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Métraux? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 828,895th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 21,819,000 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Métraux live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Métraux is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is held by 332 people, or 1 in 24,738. In Switzerland Métraux is most frequent in: Canton of Vaud, where 82 percent are found, Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 7 percent are found and Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Switzerland it exists in one country. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metraux | 95 | 105 | / |
| Méttraux | 93 | 1 | / |
| Méraux | 92 | 3 | / |
| Méreaux | 86 | 12 | / |
| Métreau | 86 | 10 | / |
| Métra | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mettraux | 80 | 1,247 | / |
| Mathraux | 80 | 0 | / |
| Miraux | 77 | 242 | / |
| Meraux | 77 | 70 | / |
| Méreau | 77 | 17 | / |
| Métras | 77 | 17 | / |
| Métrat | 77 | 10 | / |
| Méraud | 77 | 8 | / |
| Metrau | 77 | 3 | / |
| Métraz | 77 | 2 | / |
| Métrus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mettreaux | 75 | 1 | / |
| Méra | 73 | 16 | / |
| Méru | 73 | 2 | / |
| Metreau | 71 | 537 | / |
| Mereaux | 71 | 417 | / |
| Mirgaux | 71 | 327 | / |
| Mitraud | 71 | 131 | / |
| Mergaux | 71 | 59 | / |
| Matreux | 71 | 48 | / |
| Mettrau | 71 | 21 | / |
| Metraud | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mireaux | 71 | 14 | / |
| Motreux | 71 | 12 | / |
| Metraus | 71 | 10 | / |
| Merzaux | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mestrau | 71 | 2 | / |
| Matraix | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mitreau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Madtrax | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mairaux | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maistraiux | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mistrau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mithrau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mérault | 71 | 1 | / |
| Méreaud | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mitra | 67 | 288,362 | / |
| Metra | 67 | 2,437 | / |
| Mitru | 67 | 2,225 | / |
| Mirau | 67 | 1,157 | / |
| Mérai | 67 | 241 | / |
| Maitreau | 67 | 143 | / |
| Mérat | 67 | 116 | / |
| Merau | 67 | 102 | / |
| Moitroux | 67 | 89 | / |
| Maytraud | 67 | 88 | / |
| Maireaux | 67 | 78 | / |
| Meytraud | 67 | 57 | / |
| Mytru | 67 | 47 | / |
| Mestraud | 67 | 47 | / |
| Méray | 67 | 43 | / |
| Metru | 67 | 33 | / |
| Myrau | 67 | 31 | / |
| Meireaux | 67 | 25 | / |
| Moireaux | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mytra | 67 | 15 | / |
| Merreaux | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mirax | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mérad | 67 | 4 | / |
| Merax | 67 | 3 | / |
| Méras | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mérou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mētra | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mirreaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mérah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maitraix | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maîtreau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Merzeaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metrault | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mérac | 67 | 1 | / |
| Méreu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mérus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mitreaud | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Métraux
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