Megat Surname
Approximately 404 people bear this surname
Megat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 322 | 1:91,597 | 6,360 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Megat (10,389) may also be a first name.
Megat Demographics
Average Megat Salary in
United States
$4,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Megat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Megat (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﻂ, Hindi: मेगत) is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Megat.
How Common Is The Last Name Megat? popularity and diffusion
Megat is the 721,185th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 18,038,480 people. The surname Megat is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Megat reside; 82 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 82 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 59,715th most common first name at a global level, held by 10,389 people.
The last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is held by 322 people, or 1 in 91,597. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 29 percent live, Selangor, where 21 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Megat Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Megat has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Megat surname increased 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Megat Last Name Statistics demography
Megat earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 90.44% less than the national average, earning $4,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Megat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megat in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﻂ | mkt | - |
| Megat in the Hindi language | ||
| मेगत | megata | 50 |
| मॅगत | megata | 50 |
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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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- 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 Megat
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