Meg Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Meg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India721:10,653,686201,049
Philippines361:2,812,173137,318
Afghanistan301:1,071,7739,936
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Meg (49,295) may also be a first name.

Meg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Meg (Arabic: ميغ, Bengali: মেঘ, Hindi: मेग, Marathi: मेग, Oriya: େମଗ, Russian: Мег, Tibetan: མེག་) is found most frequently in India. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Meg? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,168,344th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The last name Meg occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Meg are found; 52 percent are found in South Asia and 35 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Meg is also the 18,725th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 49,295 people.

The surname Meg is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 10,653,686. In India Meg is mostly found in: Odisha, where 89 percent live, Telangana, where 10 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Excluding India it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 18 percent live and Afghanistan, where 15 percent live.

Meg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Meg surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Megh862,250/
Mieg86129/
Meeg8631/
Megz8610/
Megg869/
Meig867/
Megk864/
Mecg863/
Megx862/
Meug862/
Mmeg861/
Mgeg861/
Mehg861/
Meag861/
Megs860/
Meggs752,248/
Meigs752,006/
Megue75706/
Meigh75615/
Meagh7557/
Mesgh7515/
Meygh7513/
Meegh757/
Meagc752/
Meiqg751/
Megkh751/
Meyhg751/
Meagz751/
Megke751/
Meigg751/
Miegh751/
Meigc751/
Meegs751/
Meagp751/
Meagg751/
Meugh750/
Mex6713,452/
Mek678,694/
Mec671,284/
Meiggs67644/
Mig67370/
Megová67219/
Medgue6770/
Meigue6760/
Míg6740/
Megova6732/
Mjg6714/
Myg679/
Meq678/
Meague672/
Meggtt672/
Meigss671/
Meshgg671/
Meshgh671/
Meaggs670/

Meg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Meg in the Bengali language
মেঘmegha-
Meg in the Oriya language
େମଗemaga-
Meg in the Hindi language
मेगmega98.13
Meg in the Tibetan language
མེག་mek67.61
སྨེགས་mek16.9
མེགས་mek7.04
སྨེག་mek4.23
མིག་mik2.82
སྨིག་mik1.41
Meg in the Marathi language
मेगmega60
मॅगmega40
Meg in the Russian language
Мегmeg-
Meg in the Arabic language
ميغmygh-

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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
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  • 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 Meg
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