Margulis Surname

175,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Margulis Surname Definition:

(Ukranian, Russian) Descendant of Margaret (pearl).

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Margulis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3061:277,53425,925
Russia5871:245,52526,111
Argentina1831:233,57119,066
Israel871:98,36411,357
Canada631:584,85148,473
Chile331:533,83313,415
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Latvia181:113,89116,101
France181:3,690,151224,666
Venezuela171:1,776,71022,419
Belarus141:678,64756,781
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
England41:13,929,515290,718
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

Margulis (11) may also be a first name.

Margulis Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ukranian, Russian) Descendant of Margaret (pearl).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Margolis is an Ashkenazi surname that's derived from the Hebrew word 'Margalit' (Pearl).

- anonymous submission

Margulis Last Name Facts

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

Margulis (Georgian: მარგულის, Russian: Маргулис) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Margulis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 175,963rd most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,995,292 people. The surname Margulis occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Margulis reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Margulis is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name globally It is held by 11 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,306 people, or 1 in 277,534. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 21 percent reside, California, where 18 percent reside and Illinois, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name is found in 40 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 24 percent reside and Argentina, where 8 percent reside.

Margulis Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Margulis last name is primarily Orthodox (92%) in Russia.

In The United States Margulis are 42.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.36% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Margulis earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 28.77% more than the national average, earning $55,562 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.67% more than the national average, earning $60,948 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Margulis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Margulis in the Georgian language
მარგულისmargulis-
Margulis in the Russian language
Маргулисmargulis-

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Margulis 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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