Megal Surname
Approximately 1,480 people bear this surname
Megal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,175 | 1:652,822 | 30,792 |
| United States | 118 | 1:3,071,686 | 178,560 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Spain | 40 | 1:1,168,801 | 40,601 |
| Belgium | 31 | 1:370,859 | 40,209 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Megál (11) & Mégal (1) are calculated separately.
Megal (675) may also be a first name.
Megal Demographics
Average Megal Salary in
United States
$55,160 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Megal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Megal (Hindi: मेगला, Marathi: मेगाळ, Russian: Мегаль) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Megál or Mégal. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Megal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 264,506th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,924,018 people. The surname Megal is mostly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Megal live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Megal is also the 319,040th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 675 people.
This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 1,175 people, or 1 in 652,822. In India Megal is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 47 percent are found, Gujarat, where 40 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 6 percent are found. Besides India this last name occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.
Megal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Megal has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,686 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Megal Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Megal are 20.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 74.19% registered to vote for the political party.
Megal earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.84% more than the national average, earning $55,160 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megal in the Marathi language | ||
| मेगाळ | megala | 83.95 |
| मेगाल | megala | 6.74 |
| मगाळ | magala | 3.26 |
| मेगल | megala | 2.21 |
| मेगळ | megala | 0.93 |
| मेगाऴ | megala | 0.47 |
| मेगाळे | megale | 0.23 |
| मगाल | magala | 0.23 |
| Megal in the Hindi language | ||
| मेगला | megala | 57.5 |
| मेगल | megala | 25 |
| मॅगल | megala | 17.5 |
| Megal in the Russian language | ||
| Мегаль | megal | - |
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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
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- 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 Megal
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