How common is the surname Metcalfe?

4,725 people in the United States had the surname Metcalfe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,343 Americans. It ranked 7,086th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Metcalfe?

Robert Metcalfe, American electrical engineer, followed by Jesse Metcalfe.

Where is the surname Metcalfe most common?

Wikidata records people named Metcalfe in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Metcalfe getting more or less common?

More common. 4,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,725 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Metcalfe

An occupational surname, carried by 4,725 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M324

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Metcalfe is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Metcalf.

Metcalfe is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,725 people named Metcalfe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,343 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,461.

#7,086

rank among US surnames

4,725

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,935)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,078	Walley	4,730	65,274
#7,080	Silas	4,729	65,288
#7,084	Botelho	4,726	65,329
#7,086	Metcalfe	4,725	65,343
#7,088	Alfano	4,724	65,357
#7,091	Dai	4,723	65,371
#7,093	Landin	4,722	65,384

Who is named Metcalfe

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

86% of people named Metcalfe identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Metcalfes

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Metcalfe
American electrical engineer, born 1946
Jesse Metcalfe
American actor, born 1978
Connor Metcalfe
Australian soccer player (born 1999)
Ralph Metcalfe
American athlete and politician (1910–1978)
Jack Metcalfe
Australian long jumper, triple jumper and javelin thrower (1912–1994)
Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe
British colonial governor (1785-1846)
Earl Metcalfe
American actor (1889–1928)
Thomas Metcalfe
American politician (1780–1855)

Notable Metcalfes come mostly from the United States (5), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Metcalfe

Metcalfe has the Soundex code M324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M324.

Questions

Where does the surname Metcalfe come from?: Variant of Metcalf.
How common is the surname Metcalfe?: 4,725 people in the United States had the surname Metcalfe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,343 Americans. It ranked 7,086th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Metcalfe?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Metcalfe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Metcalfe?: Robert Metcalfe, American electrical engineer, followed by Jesse Metcalfe.
Where is the surname Metcalfe most common?: Wikidata records people named Metcalfe in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Metcalfe?: Metcalfe is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Metcalfe getting more or less common?: More common. 4,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,725 in 2010, up 5.9%.