Margareta Surname

128,914th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,513 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Margareta Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the name of a flower with white petals and yellow in the middle.

Margareta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia3,4661:38,1564,434
India161:47,941,586492,263
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

The alternate forms: Margaréta (5) are calculated separately.

Margareta (101,043) may also be a first name.

Margareta Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the name of a flower with white petals and yellow in the middle.

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Margareta Last Name Facts

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

Margareta (Georgian: მარგარეტა, Marathi: मागर्रेटा, Oriya: ମାଗ, Russian: Маргарета) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Margaréta. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Margareta? popularity and diffusion

It is the 128,914th most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,074,451 people. The last name Margareta occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Margareta are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Margareta is also the 10,085th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 101,043 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 3,466 people, or 1 in 38,156. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Java, where 26 percent live, West Kalimantan, where 12 percent live and West Java, where 11 percent live. Apart from Indonesia it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Margareta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Margareta in the Georgian language
მარგარეტაmargareta-
Margareta in the Marathi language
मागर्रेटाmagarreta-
Margareta in the Oriya language
ମାଗmaga42.86
ମାଗର୍େରତାmagarerata28.57
ମାଗର୍ାେରଟାmagaraerata14.29
ମାଗେରତାmagerata14.29
Margareta in the Russian language
Маргаретаmargareta-

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