Megan Forename
2,579th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 400,224 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Megan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 292,373 | 1:1,240 | 269 |
| Australia | - | 25,108 | 1:544 | 126 |
| Canada | 100% | 21,092 | 1:1,571 | 340 |
| England | 100% | 19,164 | 1:2,901 | 410 |
| South Africa | 98% | 12,459 | 1:4,377 | 827 |
| New Zealand | - | 7,655 | 1:593 | 136 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,478 | 1:890 | 215 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,406 | 1:29,121 | 3,656 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,549 | 1:6,828 | 1,054 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,539 | 1:3,477 | 398 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,148 | 1:14,723 | 1,567 |
| Philippines | 91% | 865 | 1:122,554 | 6,428 |
| Kenya | - | 757 | 1:61,172 | 3,888 |
| China | - | 567 | 1:2,409,269 | 44,808 |
| Poland | 100% | 518 | 1:73,411 | 1,760 |
| India | 57% | 424 | 1:2,865,278 | 132,571 |
| Ireland | 100% | 422 | 1:11,004 | 748 |
| Spain | 100% | 407 | 1:114,324 | 3,099 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Jamaica | - | 391 | 1:7,374 | 964 |
| Indonesia | - | 378 | 1:682,444 | 47,119 |
| Zambia | - | 375 | 1:42,279 | 2,823 |
| Malaysia | 84% | 302 | 1:100,828 | 7,079 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Namibia | - | 272 | 1:8,839 | 1,088 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 271 | 1:6,801 | 658 |
| France | 98% | 259 | 1:256,642 | 3,736 |
| Brazil | 100% | 223 | 1:960,700 | 25,559 |
| Nigeria | 60% | 221 | 1:803,459 | 21,578 |
| Germany | 100% | 218 | 1:443,476 | 4,938 |
| Russia | 88% | 202 | 1:714,028 | 6,934 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 192 | 1:7,091 | 1,143 |
| Guyana | 100% | 182 | 1:4,194 | 799 |
| Bahrain | - | 178 | 1:7,577 | 1,232 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 176 | 1:27,091 | 1,604 |
| Qatar | 100% | 166 | 1:14,275 | 2,208 |
| Singapore | 86% | 158 | 1:39,791 | 6,559 |
| Egypt | - | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 149 | 1:48,000 | 4,380 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 148 | 1:70,482 | 4,180 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Belgium | 100% | 134 | 1:85,747 | 3,196 |
| Albania | 98% | 129 | 1:23,617 | 2,829 |
| Mexico | 98% | 118 | 1:1,052,071 | 8,342 |
| Sweden | 100% | 117 | 1:84,256 | 3,811 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Japan | - | 108 | 1:1,185,056 | 16,046 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Kuwait | - | 104 | 1:36,397 | 3,425 |
| Hong Kong | - | 103 | 1:75,269 | 2,678 |
| Portugal | - | 101 | 1:103,078 | 2,758 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Italy | 100% | 81 | 1:753,853 | 7,100 |
| Czechia | 100% | 77 | 1:138,392 | 1,333 |
| Guatemala | - | 73 | 1:220,663 | 3,158 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 66 | 1:233,694 | 13,428 |
| Bahamas | - | 62 | 1:6,441 | 914 |
| Denmark | - | 62 | 1:91,121 | 2,722 |
| Barbados | - | 60 | 1:4,830 | 753 |
| South Korea | - | 54 | 1:102,674 | 5,187 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 47 | 1:174,755 | 4,319 |
| Afghanistan | 94% | 46 | 1:709,207 | 10,196 |
| Malta | - | 45 | 1:9,541 | 977 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 44 | 1:1,199,735 | 20,782 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85% | 40 | 1:203,808 | 17,339 |
| Chile | 100% | 39 | 1:451,467 | 5,727 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 39 | 1:609,479 | 30,796 |
| Peru | 100% | 38 | 1:836,617 | 12,088 |
| Norway | 100% | 33 | 1:155,525 | 4,252 |
| Uganda | 100% | 32 | 1:1,279,904 | 20,143 |
| Guam | - | 31 | 1:5,182 | 901 |
| Panama | 100% | 31 | 1:126,018 | 5,723 |
| Bermuda | - | 30 | 1:2,161 | 469 |
| Israel | 100% | 28 | 1:300,104 | 7,626 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 24 | 1:1,258,412 | 25,329 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:2,665 | 568 |
| Honduras | 100% | 22 | 1:400,794 | 6,774 |
| Hungary | 100% | 21 | 1:466,275 | 1,759 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 19 | 1:5,776 | 921 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 17 | 1:331,034 | 5,308 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 16 | 1:6,974 | 1,095 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Jersey | - | 13 | 1:7,691 | 755 |
| Vietnam | - | 13 | 1:7,124,855 | 3,818 |
| Ecuador | - | 12 | 1:1,477,243 | 9,675 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| Argentina | 100% | 11 | 1:3,888,477 | 10,916 |
| Belize | 100% | 10 | 1:35,431 | 3,151 |
| Georgia | 100% | 10 | 1:373,847 | 7,758 |
| Austria | 100% | 9 | 1:946,022 | 6,960 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,971,872 | 15,474 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Finland | 100% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| Pakistan | 88% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Belarus | 50% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Colombia | 100% | 6 | 1:7,963,154 | 36,949 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| Saint Lucia | 83% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Jordan | - | 5 | 1:1,765,355 | 7,450 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkey | 50% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Uruguay | - | 4 | 1:856,909 | 8,493 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nepal | 67% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Senegal | - | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Iceland | 100% | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Nicaragua | - | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Mégan (57), Mègan (20) & Mêgan (2) are calculated separately.
Megan (4,058) may also be a surname.
Megan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: Great.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
The name is of Welsh origin, with inspiration from the Greek word μαργαριτης (margarites), which is also the inspiration for the name Margaret. It means 'pearl'. The name first showed up in records from the 16th century as Meggen, with the base name Meg and the Welsh feminine diminutive ending of -en. In regards to the original spellings found in historical documents, the variants include Meghan, Meagan, Meaghan, Meegan, Maygan.
The Welsh name can also mean 'strong' according to many sources.
- megvan20Megan Forename Popularity
Megan Demographics
Megan Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 40,686 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Megan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megan in the Russian language | ||
| Меган | megan | - |
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