Megas Surname
Approximately 1,533 people bear this surname
Megas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 987 | 1:11,226 | 1,470 |
| United States | 221 | 1:1,640,086 | 109,636 |
| Australia | 62 | 1:435,415 | 34,362 |
| Canada | 54 | 1:682,326 | 55,162 |
| Poland | 42 | 1:904,970 | 68,062 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Mégas (2) are calculated separately.
Megas (102) may also be a first name.
Megas Demographics
Average Megas Salary in
United States
$47,111 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Megas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Megas (Russian: Мегас) is more frequently found in Greece than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Mégas. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Megas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 257,026th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,753,781 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Megas reside; 64 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 64 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 935,178th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 102 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is held by 987 people, or 1 in 11,226. In Greece it is most frequent in: Attica, where 31 percent are found, Epirus, where 26 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 21 percent are found. Barring Greece this last name occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.
Megas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Megas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Megas surname rose 2,009 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Megas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Megas surname are 18.47% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.7% registered with the party.
The amount Megas earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.18% more than the national average, earning $47,111 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.92% more than the national average, earning $58,088 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megas in the Russian language | ||
| Мегас | megas | - |
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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 Megas
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