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    The surname Metts

    A surname, carried by 3,896 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M320

    Metts: #8,473 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Metts #8,473, 3,896 people Metts: #8,473 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Metts #8,473, 3,896 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Metts is more common than 94.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,896 people named Metts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,247 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,634.

    #8,473
    rank among US surnames
    3,896
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,366)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,469Patti3,89979,186
    #8,470Braithwaite3,89879,206
    #8,472Burlingame3,89779,226
    #8,473Lease3,89679,247
    #8,475Rondeau3,89479,288

    Who is named Metts

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

    81% of people named Metts identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Metts

    Metts has the Soundex code M320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Metts?
    3,896 people in the United States had the surname Metts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,247 Americans. It ranked 8,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Metts?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Metts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Metts getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,634 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,896 in 2010, up 7.2%.