Home>Name Popularity>Last Names>M>Met-Meu>Metz>Pennsylvania

Metz

in Pennsylvania

There are 1,503 people with the last name "Metz" in Pennsylvania.

Add to web page

Ranking in Pennsylvania

NameRank
Metz 677
close
  1. is 673rd most common Gibbs
  2. is 674th most common Stine
  3. is 675th most common Tyler
  4. is 676th most common Tyson
  5. is 677th most common Metz
  6. is 678th most common Levin
  7. is 679th most common Lentz
  8. is 680th most common Short
  9. is 681st most common Connelly

Similar Names and Nicknames

Metzger, Metzler, Matz, Metzgar, Metzner, Motz, Matzke, Metzinger, Mutz, Metzer

Most Common First Names for Metz

William, Robert, David, James, Michael, George, Richard, Thomas, Charles, Donald

Meaning & History

German: from a short form of the female personal name Mechthild, composed of Germanic maht ‘might’, ‘strength’ + hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from Metz in Lorraine, which took its name from a Gaulish tribe, the Mediomatrici; in the name of the place this became abbreviated to Mettis, hence the modern name.

German: from Mätz, a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew).

North German: metonymic occupational name for a cutler, from Middle Low German messet, metset ‘knife’, ‘dagger’ or Middle High German metz(e) ‘knife’. Compare Messer 1. This name is also established in Poland.

FOREBEARS Christian Metz, the founder of the Amana colonies in IA, was born in Neuwied, Prussia, in 1794. His group arrived in NY in 1842 and proceeded to the Midwest in 1855, where they were able to establish an experimental life style that was more successful than most other Utopian communal religious settlements of the time.

Recent Searches for "Metz" in Pennsylvania

Since June 2009
550

Most Popular Search

William Metz, PA (9 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages. (nv2)

© 2009 WhitePages Inc. - Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Microsoft MapPoint Terms of Use and Privacy Statement