Megar Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Megar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Megar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1541:4,980,944125,013
United States551:6,590,162310,708
Papua New Guinea431:189,62126,314
Philippines421:2,410,434128,915
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
France11:66,422,722504,397
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Megar (253) may also be a first name.

Megar Last Name Facts

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

Megar (Hindi: मेगर, Marathi: मेगर, Oriya: େମଗାର, Russian: Мегар) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Megar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Megar is the 837,371st most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. Megar is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Megar are found; 47 percent are found in South Asia and 46 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Megar is also the 560,146th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 253 people.

This surname is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 4,980,944. In India it is primarily found in: Gujarat, where 69 percent live, Assam, where 13 percent live and Maharashtra, where 8 percent live. Aside from India this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live.

Megar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Megar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Megar last name rose 611 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Megar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Megar surname are 5.86% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.63% being registered to vote for the party.

Megar earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.78% more than the national average, earning $47,802 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mesgar912,236/
Meghar911,131/
Megard91667/
Megare9143/
Meigar9130/
Mehgar9120/
Maegar9119/
Megarr9115/
Meggar9112/
Meagar913/
Mejgar912/
Megair912/
Miegar911/
Meegar911/
Meghare83603/
Megaard8387/
Mesgard8321/
Meaghar8318/
Meiggar8310/
Meigard839/
Meggard837/
Meegard834/
Mesghar833/
Meshgar832/
Maeghar832/
Metcgar831/
Meyngar831/
Mesgarz831/
Messgar831/
Meeghar831/
Meggart830/
Mechgar830/
Meegaar830/
Meghart830/
Magar80740,664/
Mogar802,314/
Migar80797/
Mägar8064/
Megor8043/
Mygar802/
Meegaard7711/
Megarova771/
Mesghard771/
Meigaard771/
Maghar731,683/
Migare73440/
Maggar73307/
Moghar73258/
Meagor73147/
Misgar73100/
Magaar7384/
Maigar7378/
Majgar7371/
Maygar7360/
Migard7347/
Magaur7338/
Mijgar7334/
Mégard7327/
Mighar7313/
Megorr7313/
Meghor738/
Megore737/
Mhagar737/
Mahgar735/
Meigor735/
Meygor735/
Mogair734/
Magarh734/
Muigar734/
Mujgar733/
Magair732/
Mmagar732/
Magarr732/
Magahr731/
Mygard731/
Migarr731/
Migarz731/
Moigar731/
Mogaur731/
Megour730/
Meijgaard712/
Maygard67154/
Migaire6776/
Maigare6730/
Mahagar6711/
Magharh6710/
Moigare679/
Magahar678/
MacGarr677/
Maghair674/
Maingar674/
Mygaard673/
Maghaar673/
Meiggor672/
Miggard672/
Mighard672/
Maccgar671/
Megoire671/
Meangor671/
Maigair671/
Magaair671/
Maigard671/
Majgard671/
Meggour671/
Moghaur671/
Mishgar671/
Mizsgar671/
Meghour671/
Maaheegaar671/
Meaghor670/
MacGaur670/
Meingor670/

Megar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Megar in the Oriya language
େମଗାରemagara-
Megar in the Marathi language
मेगरmegara87.5
मेघरmeghara12.5
Megar in the Hindi language
मेगरmegara66.67
मेगारmegara22.22
मॅगरmegara11.11
Megar in the Russian language
Мегарmegar-

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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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  • 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 Megar
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