Megans Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Megans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Megans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Megans (16) may also be a first name.

Megans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Megans is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Megans? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Megans are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Megans is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread forename in the world, borne by 16 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States Megans is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 33 percent live, Washington, where 22 percent live and Alabama, where 11 percent live. Beside The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent live and Egypt, where 8 percent live.

Megans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Megans has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Megans last name increased 113 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Megans Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meganse9222/
Meggans920/
Magans8344/
Migans835/
Meganz831/
Mogans831/
Magains7715/
Miggans7713/
Meganje777/
Meganche712/
Magons6737/
Meghanche677/
Mogons670/
Megomse621/
Magoons621/
Magouns620/
Migueins579/
Magahães572/
Maigonse571/
Megoundje531/

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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 Megans
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