Bangala Surname
Approximately 4,731 people bear this surname
Bangala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,215 | 1:22,980 | 2,906 |
| Malawi | 601 | 1:28,484 | 4,289 |
| Romania | 288 | 1:69,715 | 8,330 |
| India | 207 | 1:3,705,630 | 103,250 |
| Congo | 152 | 1:32,823 | 3,263 |
| South Africa | 54 | 1:1,003,291 | 61,925 |
| Philippines | 54 | 1:1,874,782 | 115,801 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
The alternate forms: Bangălă (51) are calculated separately.
Bangala (1,014) may also be a first name.
Bangala Demographics
Bangala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bangala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bangala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bangala (Bengali: বাঙ্গালা, Hindi: बंगला, Marathi: बांगला, Oriya: ବଳା) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Bangălă. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bangala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 99,944th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,540,382 people. Bangala is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Bangala live; 71 percent live in Central Africa and 71 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 252,325th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,014 people.
The surname Bangala is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,215 people, or 1 in 22,980. Aside from The DR Congo Bangala is found in 35 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 13 percent live and Romania, where 6 percent live.
Bangala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
The amount Bangala earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 37.48% less than the national average, earning R 148,572 per year; in United States they earn 25.51% less than the national average, earning $32,141 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.68% less than the national average, earning $42,390 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bangala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bangala in the Bengali language | ||
| বাঙ্গালা | bangala | - |
| Bangala in the Marathi language | ||
| बांगला | bangala | 70.83 |
| बंगाला | bangala | 20.83 |
| बंगला | bangala | 8.33 |
| Bangala in the Hindi language | ||
| बंगला | bangala | 62.69 |
| बंगाला | bangala | 20.9 |
| बांगला | bangala | 13.43 |
| बन्गला | ban'gala | 2.99 |
| Bangala in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଳା | bala | 57.69 |
| ବାଲା | bala | 11.54 |
| ବାାଲା | baala | 7.69 |
| ନାୟକ | nayaka | 3.85 |
| ବାଗ | baga | 3.85 |
| ବାାଳା | baala | 3.85 |
| ବଂଗଲା | bangala | 3.85 |
| ବାଳା | bala | 3.85 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 3.85 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Bangala
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis