Surname statistics for Metcalf

There are approximately 6,832 people named Metcalf in the UK. That makes it the 1,556th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 108 are named Metcalf.

Frequency Comparisons
TotalRankFrequency %Per million people
Great Britain
United Kingdom (current)68321556N/A108
United Kingdom (1881 census)60657280.02203
Change since 1881+767-828-0.009-95
Other Countries
United States235401381N/A87
Australia9201782N/A56

Politics

People with the surname Metcalf are less likely to be politicians than the average member of the population. When they do become politicians, they are most likely to be elected as Conservative.

More stats for the politics nerds!

Top male forenames

David Metcalf
John Metcalf
Paul Metcalf
Stephen Metcalf
Peter Metcalf
James Metcalf
Michael Metcalf
Andrew Metcalf
Ian Metcalf
Philip Metcalf
Robert Metcalf
Richard Metcalf
Christopher Metcalf
Alan Metcalf
Lee Metcalf
Stuart Metcalf
Nicholas Metcalf
Darren Metcalf
Steven Metcalf
William Metcalf

Top female forenames

Susan Metcalf
Caroline Metcalf
Michelle Metcalf
Sarah Metcalf
Anne Metcalf
Catherine Metcalf
Valerie Metcalf
Clare Metcalf
Ruth Metcalf
Elaine Metcalf
Gillian Metcalf
Christine Metcalf
Mary Metcalf
Linda Metcalf
Melanie Metcalf
Alison Metcalf
Patricia Metcalf
Kate Metcalf
Jennifer Metcalf
Janet Metcalf

Notes

  • Total is the total number of people with that surname.
  • Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
  • Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
  • Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

All of these are approximate figures, and the current figures especially so. The 1881 census figures are correct for what was recorded on the census, but we don't really know how accurate it was. At least, though the 1881 figures won't change, as it's a snapshot of a point in time. The current figures, by contrast, are variable according to births, deaths, migration and marriages, so the values shown here are only a best approximation to whatever was the case when the underlying data was collated and will not be the same as whatever the values are right now.

'N/A' indicates that we don't have data for this name in that country or time (usually because it's quite uncommon there and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one there with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the UK as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.