Metus
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɛtəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Metus is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- EEEstonia≈1 in 78K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 443K
- NGNigeria≈1 in 1.9M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 16 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 78K (inferred from the name graph)
≈120 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Metus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Metus | 7 |
| NL Netherlands | 39 | 1 in 443K | 39 | Metus | 4 |
| EE Estonia | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 78K | 30 | — | 1 |
| AU Australia | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 3.7M | — | Metus | 14 |
| US United States | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 52M | — | Metus | 16 |
| CA Canada | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 7.5M | — | Metus | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); the ee-stat-nimed register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Metus is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Lithuanian, accusative plural of mẽtas (“time”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In io, conditional of metar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Esperanto, conditional of meti
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, fear, dread
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, ar draudiem radītas bailes, lai piespiestu otru uz kādu darījumu
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Izmērs, lielums
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 39 | #35,616 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 30 | #3,613 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 29 | #3,667 |
Reference works 2
- 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
- How do you pronounce Metus?
- A machine transcription gives /mɛtəs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Metus have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 115 people named Metus in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled metus.
- How common is the name Metus?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 39 people named Metus in 2007, about 1 in 443 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Metus?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/metusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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, “Metus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.