Megara Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Megara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Mégara (1) are calculated separately.
Megara (86) may also be a first name.
Megara Demographics
Megara Political Affiliation
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Megara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Megara (Marathi: मोेगरा) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Mégara. Click here for other possible spellings of Megara.
How Common Is The Last Name Megara? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,649,806th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Megara reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,032,266th most frequently held given name in the world, held by 86 people.
The last name Megara is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 6,143,372. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New Jersey, where 42 percent reside, California, where 15 percent reside and Florida, where 15 percent reside. Excluding The United States Megara exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Indonesia, where 12 percent reside.
Megara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Megara has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Megara surname expanded 1,180 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Megara Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Megara are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.
Megara earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 47.76% more than the national average, earning $63,757 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megara in the Marathi language | ||
| मोेगरा | moegara | - |
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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 Megara
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