Meghal Surname
Approximately 390 people bear this surname
Meghal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 375 | 1:2,045,508 | 69,697 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Meghal (1,631) may also be a first name.
Meghal Demographics
Meghal Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Meghal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meghal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meghal (Hindi: मेघल, Marathi: मेघळ, Oriya: େମଘାଲ) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Meghal.
How Common Is The Last Name Meghal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 739,868th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. Meghal is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Meghal reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 191,023rd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 1,631 people.
The surname Meghal is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 375 people, or 1 in 2,045,508. In India Meghal is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 59 percent reside, Gujarat, where 29 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 9 percent reside. Apart from India this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 1 percent reside and Algeria, where 1 percent reside.
Meghal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meghal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meghal in the Hindi language | ||
| मेघल | meghala | - |
| Meghal in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଘାଲ | emaghala | 88.89 |
| େମଘଲ | emaghala | 11.11 |
| Meghal in the Marathi language | ||
| मेघळ | meghala | 52.39 |
| मेघल | meghala | 33.67 |
| मेघाळ | meghala | 8.37 |
| मेहता | mehata | 1.79 |
| मेघाल | meghala | 1.59 |
| मेगल | megala | 0.4 |
| मेघाला | meghala | 0.2 |
| िमघल | imaghala | 0.2 |
| मेघना | meghana | 0.2 |
| मेबल | mebala | 0.2 |
| मघल | maghala | 0.2 |
| मगल | magala | 0.2 |
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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 Meghal
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