The Metter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 407 people carried this name — #51,176 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 14% from 475 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 68 people named Metter.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Metter in American newspapers,
1878–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,695,041 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Metter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emmanuel Metter 1878–1941 · conductor -
Rudolf Metter 1903–1972 · politician
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Izrail Metter 1909–1996 · screenwriter
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Izrail Metter 1909–1996 · screenwriter
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Izrail Metter 1909–1996 · screenwriter
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Alan Metter 1942–2020 · film director
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Metter.
- Meteyer 108 · U.S. census
- Metivier 1,451 · U.S. census
- Metras 263 · U.S. census
- Metro 1,075 · U.S. census
- Metry 303 · U.S. census
- Mette 782 · U.S. census
- Mettetal 113 · U.S. census
- Mettler 3,250 · U.S. census
- Mettling 206 · U.S. census
- Metz 20,366 · U.S. census
- Metzger 20,771 · U.S. census
- Metzinger 928 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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