About the Metzker Surname

Metzker? Think of it as Metzger with a different pen. Taken at its root, Metzker points to “Butcher”.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Metzker, so the heraldry linked to Metzger is a starting point, not an automatic right.

A variant of Metzger

Metzker writes “k” in place of the “g” found in Metzger, a typical scribal difference. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Metzler, Mezger and Metzinger.

The 2010 census count for Metzker in the United States was 491, good for rank 43,885. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames. Get the complete Metzker report, with a museum-style coat of arms.