Megreli Surname

731,961st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 396 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Georgia

Megreli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Megreli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia2581:14,5182,945
Turkey761:1,023,96646,041
Russia351:4,117,802198,221
Abkhazia101:24,2862,078
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Megreli Last Name Facts

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

The surname Megreli (Georgian: მეგრელი, Russian: Мегрели) is found most in Georgia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Megreli.

How Common Is The Last Name Megreli? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 731,961st most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 18,402,894 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Megreli are found; 87 percent are found in West Asia and 65 percent are found in Kartvelo-West Asia.

This surname is most widely held in Georgia, where it is borne by 258 people, or 1 in 14,518. In Georgia Megreli is most prevalent in: Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, where 38 percent are found, Imereti, where 31 percent are found and Tbilisi, where 21 percent are found. Other than Georgia Megreli occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 19 percent are found and Russia, where 9 percent are found.

Megreli Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Georgia.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Megrelis9318/
Megrele861/
Magreli861/
Megreles801/
Megrelets751/
Megerle71840/
Magrali71434/
Megherlich71134/
Mägerli7134/
Megerly712/
Magroli711/
Megerla711/
Magreloj6744/
Meggerle677/
Magraliy674/
Migriele672/
Magriele671/
Maghrali671/
Mahagrili631/
Meguirley630/
Mägerle57328/
Magrale572/
Migerle571/
Magrole571/
Mighiorelle561/
Migriole531/

Megreli Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Megreli in the Georgian language
მეგრელიmegreli-
Megreli in the Russian language
Мегрелиmegreli-

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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
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  • 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 Megreli
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