Meggels Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Meggels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meggels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980

Meggels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Meggels occurs most in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Meggels? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meggels are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 1,934,918. In South Africa Meggels is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 79 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live.

Meggels Last Name Statistics demography

Meggels earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.15% less than the national average, earning R 94,692 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Megels925/
Miggels862,300/
Muggels86685/
Megelsh865/
Maggels863/
Miegels861/
Meguels861/
Meels83124/
Miggiels8074/
Muggells8010/
Meeggles801/
Miggells801/
Miggelse801/
Megles7781/
Meeles7764/
Migels7741/
Magels773/
Mecels771/
Mesels771/
Mejels771/
Mogels770/
Meguelles752/
Meisels711,999/
Mechels71224/
Measels7199/
Magiels7143/
Megless7118/
Miguels7114/
Meizels7113/
Miesels718/
Migeles717/
Meagles715/
Meechls715/
Miggles712/
Meziels712/
Moggles712/
Migoels711/
Meglhes711/
Miggelz711/
Miezels711/
Miggils711/
Micgels711/
Meelles711/
Mezzels711/
Meyells710/
Mighels710/
Meals671,298/
Micheels67419/
Miels67361/
Meils67204/
Measells67117/
Mechelse67112/
Mighells6776/
Miechels6756/
Maels6750/
Meyls6723/
Mecheels6720/
Michgels6719/
Mecheles6712/
Moels6711/
Meichels6710/
Mejls675/
Migelles673/
Mechiels673/
Meissels672/
Mechells671/
Migls671/
Magls671/
Meiscels671/
Myels671/
Muels671/
Miguells671/
Meizelsz671/
Migielse671/
Meuzells670/
Meangles670/
Meachels670/

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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 Meggels
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