Megies Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Megies Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 48 | 1:1,677,197 | 97,745 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Megies Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Megies Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Megies occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Megies? popularity and diffusion
Megies is the 2,661,929th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Megies reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,677,197. In Germany Megies is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 25 percent live and Bavaria, where 15 percent live. Barring Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 6 percent live and Cyprus, where 2 percent live.
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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 Megies
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