Margelu Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Margelu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Margelu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2771:72,4838,637
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Mărgelu (74) are calculated separately.

Margelu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Margelu is found most frequently in Romania. It may also be found as a variant: Mărgelu. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Margelu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 889,654th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Margelu are found; 92 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 92 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

Margelu is most prevalent in Romania, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 72,483. In Romania it is most numerous in: Mehedinți County, where 51 percent live, Gorj County, where 16 percent live and Caraș-Severin County, where 12 percent live. Outside of Romania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live and Italy, where 0 percent live.

Margelu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Margelu are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.

Margelu earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.14% less than the national average, earning $26,262 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Margelu
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