van Meter Surname
Approximately 1,792 people bear this surname
van Meter Surname User-submission:
This surname was originally van Meteren, meaning in Dutch 'from Meteren', a town in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The -en ending quickly got dropped in the colonies and variations in spelling occurred.
van Meter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,723 | 1:210,365 | 20,571 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 941 | 1:53,367 | 6,006 |
van Meter Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname was originally van Meteren, meaning in Dutch 'from Meteren', a town in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The -en ending quickly got dropped in the colonies and variations in spelling occurred.
- elsien57van Meter Demographics
Average van Meter Salary in
United States
$71,117 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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van Meter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Meter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Meter is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Meter? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Meter is the 226,506th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 4,066,711 people. van Meter occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of van Meter live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,723 people, or 1 in 210,365. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 13 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Missouri, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
van Meter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of van Meter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the van Meter last name grew 183 percent between 1880 and 2014.
van Meter Last Name Statistics demography
The amount van Meter earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.95% less than the national average, earning 214,746 kr per year; in United States they earn 64.82% more than the national average, earning $71,117 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.83% less than the national average, earning $43,805 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Metter | 95 | 19 | / |
| van Meeter | 95 | 6 | / |
| van Meuter | 95 | 4 | / |
| van Mieter | 95 | 0 | / |
| van Meater | 95 | 0 | / |
| van Metre | 89 | 374 | / |
| van Mater | 89 | 86 | / |
| Van-Meter | 89 | 7 | / |
| von Meter | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Miter | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Meetes | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Maiter | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Mather | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Matter | 84 | 0 | / |
| von Meater | 84 | 0 | / |
| van Meta | 82 | 1 | / |
| von Meister | 80 | 30 | / |
| Van-Metre | 78 | 1 | / |
| von Matter | 74 | 17 | / |
| van Meitta | 74 | 1 | / |
| von Mettey | 74 | 1 | / |
| Von-Meister | 70 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Meter
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