The surname Metayer
A surname, carried by 1,125 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M360
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,125 people named Metayer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 786.
#22,770
rank among US surnames
1,125
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+43.1%
change since 2000 (was #28,548)
Who is named Metayer
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Metayer identified as Black (not Hispanic), 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Black (not Hispanic) 77%
- White (not Hispanic) 19%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Metayer
Metayer has the Soundex code M360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M360.
Questions
- How common is the surname Metayer?
- 1,125 people in the United States had the surname Metayer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. It ranked 22,770th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Metayer?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Metayer identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Metayer getting more or less common?
- More common. 786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,125 in 2010, up 43%.