How common is the surname Metro?

1,075 people in the United States had the surname Metro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,205 Americans. It ranked 23,604th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Metro?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Metro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Metro getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,075 in 2010, down 3.6%.

The surname Metro

A surname, carried by 1,075 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Metro is more common than 85.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,075 people named Metro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 287,205 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,115.

#23,604

rank among US surnames

1,075

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.6%

change since 2000 (was #21,754)

Who is named Metro

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

95% of people named Metro identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Metro

Metro 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 Metro?: 1,075 people in the United States had the surname Metro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,205 Americans. It ranked 23,604th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Metro?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Metro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Metro getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,075 in 2010, down 3.6%.