Megalay Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Megalay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Megalay (5) may also be a first name.
Megalay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megalay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Megalay is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Megalay? popularity and diffusion
Megalay is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Megalay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Megalay reside; 67 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 5,493,085th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 5 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 14,747,112. In Malaysia Megalay is most frequent in: Johor, where 50 percent live and Negeri Sembilan, where 50 percent live. Barring Malaysia it exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 33 percent live.
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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 Megalay
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