Margarit Surname

81,249th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,981 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Margarit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Margarit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3,4671:5,791779
Spain1,2611:37,0753,665
France3121:212,89333,114
Argentina2031:210,55917,357
United States1871:1,938,283125,322
Italy1561:392,03044,332
Canada1101:334,96030,494
Chile741:238,0607,251
Mexico331:3,761,40025,486
Russia271:5,337,891231,865
Greece241:461,65859,466
England221:2,532,63991,802
Moldova151:237,42521,121
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Andorra31:27,9461,499
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Margărit (5), Mărgărit (1,117) & Märgärit (2) are calculated separately.

Margarit (10,288) may also be a first name.

Margarit Last Name Facts

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

Margarit (Georgian: მარგარიტ, Marathi: मागिरट, Oriya: ମାଗର୍ାରିତ, Russian: Маргарит) is found most in Romania. It may be rendered as a variant: Margărit, Mărgărit or Märgärit. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Margarit? popularity and diffusion

Margarit is the 81,249th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,218,449 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Margarit are found; 59 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 58 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 60,107th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 10,288 people.

The last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 3,467 people, or 1 in 5,791. In Romania it is most common in: Bucharest Municipality, where 19 percent are found, Prahova County, where 17 percent are found and Buzău County, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Romania Margarit occurs in 43 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 21 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.

Margarit Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (43%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Margarit surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the party.

The amount Margarit earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18.52% more than the national average, earning $51,141 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.4% more than the national average, earning $54,351 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Margarit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Margarit in the Georgian language
მარგარიტmargarit-
Margarit in the Marathi language
मागिरटmagirata86.36
मागर्िरटmagarirata13.64
Margarit in the Oriya language
ମାଗର୍ାରିତmagararita66.67
ମାଗର୍ାରୀତmagararita33.33
Margarit in the Russian language
Маргаритmargarit-

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Footnotes

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