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 held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Megans.

How Common Is The Last Name Megans? popularity and diffusion

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

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 33 percent reside, Washington, where 22 percent reside and Alabama, where 11 percent reside. Besides The United States it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 8 percent reside and Egypt, where 8 percent reside.

Megans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Megans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Megans surname expanded 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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis