Metten
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic surname from a dwelling/landscape feature; bearers 40
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/mɛttən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Metten is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- BEBelgium
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Toponymic surname from a dwelling/landscape feature; bearers 40.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Metten is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, habitational name from a place called Metten in Westphalia.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Finnish, genitive plural of mesi
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dum, contraction of met den
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In cim, met + in, with the
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Cornelius Mettenb. 1774DEDistrict deputy, mayor and district administrator
- Jean Mettenb. 1884DEGerman painter (1884-1971)
- Charles L. Mettenb. 1927USprofessor of theater (1927-2018)
- Johannes Mettenb. 1929DEGerman sculptor
- Philip Mettenb. 1977BEBelgian sculptor (born 1977)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 432 | #3,594 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 405 | #3,930 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 317 | #6,445 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 313 | #67,846 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 269 | #68,360 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 246 | #77,788 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 6 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 5 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Metten mean, and where does it come from?
- Toponymic surname from a dwelling/landscape feature; bearers 40. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Metten?
- A machine transcription gives /mɛttən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Metten have the most bearers?
- Metten is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Metten”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.