Margalit Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Margalit Surname User-submission:

Hebrew: Pearl in Hebrew, used after moving to Israel. Many people who used it had durnames like Pearlman, Margulis, or names that sound similar like Marzza.

Margalit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2671:1,357,52494,287
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
England141:3,979,861125,553
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Swaziland41:324,550996
France31:22,140,907385,998
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
China21:683,660,78330,601
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Margalit (341) may also be a first name.

Margalit Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Hebrew: Pearl in Hebrew, used after moving to Israel. Many people who used it had durnames like Pearlman, Margulis, or names that sound similar like Marzza.

- binyamin

Margalit Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Margalit Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Margalit is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Margalit? popularity and diffusion

It is the 785,023rd most widespread family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The surname Margalit is predominantly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Margalit are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 472,872nd most frequently used first name in the world, held by 341 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 1,357,524. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 30 percent reside, New York, where 29 percent reside and New Jersey, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States Margalit is found in 18 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 7 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Margalit Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Margalit surname are 43% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.23% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Margalit earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 649.72% more than the national average, earning R 1,781,620 per year; in United States they earn 25.22% more than the national average, earning $54,031 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.77% less than the national average, earning $39,862 CAD per year.

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Margalit Reference & Research

Margulies/Margolis FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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