Bengala Surname
Approximately 1,473 people bear this surname
Bengala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 410 | 1:246,922 | 37,096 |
| Portugal | 236 | 1:44,145 | 2,563 |
| Cameroon | 216 | 1:96,153 | 11,449 |
| Algeria | 140 | 1:275,940 | 28,176 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Italy | 70 | 1:873,667 | 66,008 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 62 | 1:2,862 | 296 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Bengala (67) may also be a first name.
Bengala Demographics
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Bengala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bengala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bengala (Marathi: बगला, Oriya: େବଳା, Russian: Бенгала) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bengala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 265,540th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,947,417 people. The last name Bengala is primarily found in Africa, where 44 percent of Bengala reside; 28 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 28 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Bengala is also the 1,191,548th most widely held first name in the world, held by 67 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 410 people, or 1 in 246,922. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Calabarzon, where 48 percent live, Mimaropa, where 19 percent live and National Capital Region, where 14 percent live. Besides The Philippines it occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 15 percent live.
Bengala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bengala last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bengala earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 63.18% less than the national average, earning €11,057 per year; in South Africa they earn 94.94% less than the national average, earning R 12,024 per year and in United States they earn 4.33% more than the national average, earning $45,016 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bengala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bengala in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଳା | ebala | - |
| Bengala in the Marathi language | ||
| बगला | bagala | - |
| Bengala in the Russian language | ||
| Бенгала | bengala | - |
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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 Bengala
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