van Metter Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
van Metter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
van Metter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Metter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Metter is most common in The United States. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Metter? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of van Metter live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America.
van Metter is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 27 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 27 percent are found and South Carolina, where 13 percent are found. Other than The United States it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.
van Metter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of van Metter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 750 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Meter | 95 | 1,792 | / |
| van Meeter | 90 | 6 | / |
| van Meuter | 90 | 4 | / |
| van Mieter | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Matter | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Meater | 90 | 0 | / |
| van Metre | 84 | 374 | / |
| van Mater | 84 | 86 | / |
| Van-Meter | 84 | 7 | / |
| van Miter | 84 | 0 | / |
| von Meter | 84 | 0 | / |
| von Matter | 80 | 17 | / |
| van Meitta | 80 | 1 | / |
| von Mettey | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Maiter | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Meetes | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Mather | 80 | 0 | / |
| von Meater | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Meta | 78 | 1 | / |
| von Meister | 76 | 30 | / |
| Van-Metre | 74 | 1 | / |
| Von-Meister | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 van Metter
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis