The Metts surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,896 people carried this name — #8,473 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,634 in 2000.

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In print

Metts in American newspapers,
1902–1923.

Newspaper page from The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel carrying the name Metts
The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel 1921-03-28
Newspaper page from Americus Times-recorder carrying the name Metts
Americus Times-recorder 1923-01-13
Newspaper page from Atlanta Semi-weekly Journal carrying the name Metts
Atlanta Semi-weekly Journal 1902-12-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 74,843 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Metts in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

34 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Metts. The most, 7, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 10
Western Australia 6
New South Wales 5
Queensland 5
Tasmania 4
South Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Metts.

Who carried it

People named Metts,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Isaac Metts
    James Isaac Metts 1842–1921 · broker

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Metts,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States188 records

188 records of the Metts name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 140
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 37
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert C. Metts

    Born 1921 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Cincinnati, Ohio; farm hand from Woodford County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Georg Metts

    Arrived at New York in 1886 aboard the Wieland from Hamburg, aged 29; laborer. From Russia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Job Metts

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1844, died 1924; buried at Pleasant Hill Christian Church Cemetery, Trenton, North Carolina.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 188 records for Metts in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Metts name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Jacob Metts

    Baptised in 1643 in Bredevoort.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Leentjen Metts

    Baptised in 1648 in Bredevoort.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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