Bengai Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Bengai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bengai (190) may also be a first name.
Bengai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bengai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bengai (Bengali: বেঙ্গাই, Oriya: େବାଇ) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bengai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bengai is the 2,979,664th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Bengai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Bengai reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 659,352nd most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 190 people.
The surname Bengai is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 617,530. In Zimbabwe Bengai is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 60 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 40 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bengai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bengai in the Bengali language | ||
| বেঙ্গাই | benga'i | - |
| Bengai in the Oriya language | ||
| େବାଇ | eba'i | 75 |
| େବଂଗାଇ | ebanga'i | 25 |
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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 Bengai
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