Megh Surname
Approximately 2,250 people bear this surname
Megh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,712 | 1:93,082 | 4,097 |
| India | 453 | 1:1,693,301 | 61,326 |
| Pakistan | 46 | 1:3,883,563 | 28,150 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Megh (20,638) may also be a first name.
Megh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Megh (Bengali: মেঘ, Hindi: मेघ, Marathi: मेघ, Oriya: େମଘ, Tibetan: མེག་) is borne by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Megh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 188,022nd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,238,909 people. Megh is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Megh reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 36,957th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 20,638 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 1,712 people, or 1 in 93,082. Excluding Bangladesh this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent are found and Pakistan, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meigh | 89 | 615 | / |
| Meagh | 89 | 57 | / |
| Mesgh | 89 | 15 | / |
| Meygh | 89 | 13 | / |
| Meegh | 89 | 7 | / |
| Megkh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Miegh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Meugh | 89 | 0 | / |
| Meg | 86 | 204 | / |
| Meshgh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mekh | 75 | 2,689 | / |
| Mieg | 75 | 129 | / |
| Migh | 75 | 52 | / |
| Mygh | 75 | 49 | / |
| Meeg | 75 | 31 | / |
| Megz | 75 | 10 | / |
| Megg | 75 | 9 | / |
| Meig | 75 | 7 | / |
| Mehk | 75 | 6 | / |
| Megk | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mecg | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mehx | 75 | 2 | / |
| Megx | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mígh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Meug | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mmeg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mehg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mehq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mgeg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meag | 75 | 1 | / |
| Megs | 75 | 0 | / |
| Meggs | 67 | 2,248 | / |
| Meigs | 67 | 2,006 | / |
| Megue | 67 | 706 | / |
| Mekhe | 67 | 272 | / |
| Mehyk | 67 | 28 | / |
| Maigh | 67 | 21 | / |
| Meukh | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mehks | 67 | 12 | / |
| Meakh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Meekh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Meagc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mechq | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meshc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meagg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meagp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meagz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Miogh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meigg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Megke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meigc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mecch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moigh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mecth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meehk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meiqg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meyhg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Migqh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meegs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehec | 67 | 1 | / |
Megh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Megh in the Bengali language | ||
| মেঘ | megha | - |
| Megh in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଘ | emagha | - |
| Megh in the Hindi language | ||
| मेघ | megha | 99.16 |
| मॆघ | megha | 0.15 |
| मेघ॰ | megha | 0.12 |
| मेघ् | megh | 0.11 |
| मेध | medha | 0.1 |
| मेघ़ | megha | 0.08 |
| मेघा | megha | 0.01 |
| Megh in the Marathi language | ||
| मेघ | megha | 92.73 |
| मेघा | megha | 6.23 |
| मेघे | meghe | 0.69 |
| मेघा़ | megha | 0.35 |
| Megh in the Tibetan language | ||
| མེག་ | mek | 78.57 |
| མིག་ | mik | 7.14 |
| སྨེགས་ | mek | 7.14 |
| མེགས་ | mek | 7.14 |
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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 Megh
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