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    The surname Metoyer

    A surname, carried by 2,276 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M360

    Metoyer: #13,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Metoyer #13,383, 2,276 people Metoyer: #13,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Metoyer #13,383, 2,276 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Metoyer is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,276 people named Metoyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,021.

    #13,383
    rank among US surnames
    2,276
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.6%
    change since 2000 (was #13,748)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,375Picone2,278135,534
    #13,376Ferland2,277135,593
    #13,383Gunnell2,276135,653
    #13,391Syverson2,275135,712

    Who is named Metoyer

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

    58% of people named Metoyer identified as Black (not Hispanic), 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 58%
    • White (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.8%
    • Two or more races 6.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Metoyer

    Metoyer 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 Metoyer?
    2,276 people in the United States had the surname Metoyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. It ranked 13,383rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Metoyer?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Metoyer identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Metoyer getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,276 in 2010, up 13%.