Bengali Surname
Approximately 1,279 people bear this surname
Bengali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 498 | 1:1,540,292 | 57,480 |
| United States | 208 | 1:1,742,591 | 114,999 |
| United Arab Emirates | 133 | 1:68,889 | 6,446 |
| Burkina Faso | 79 | 1:232,305 | 4,710 |
| Mauritius | 55 | 1:23,517 | 4,778 |
| Qatar | 53 | 1:44,491 | 4,459 |
| Ivory Coast | 49 | 1:470,841 | 15,263 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Afghanistan | 20 | 1:1,607,659 | 12,727 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Bengali (534) may also be a first name.
Bengali Demographics
Bengali Political Affiliation
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Bengali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bengali Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bengali (Arabic: بنغالي, Hindi: बेंगाली, Marathi: बगाली, Oriya: ଲି) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bengali click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bengali? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 297,841st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 5,697,847 people. The last name Bengali occurs mostly in Asia, where 62 percent of Bengali reside; 42 percent reside in South Asia and 39 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Bengali is also the 364,930th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 534 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 498 people, or 1 in 1,540,292. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 58 percent reside, Nagaland, where 10 percent reside and Gujarat, where 7 percent reside. Besides India it occurs in 42 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent reside.
Bengali Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Bengali last name is principally Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Bengali surname are 0.59999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.63% being registered to vote for the political party.
Bengali earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.29% more than the national average, earning $54,062 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bengali Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bengali in the Marathi language | ||
| बगाली | bagali | 85.86 |
| बंगाली | bangali | 11.72 |
| बेगाली | begali | 0.69 |
| बगली | bagali | 0.69 |
| बेनगाली | benagali | 0.69 |
| बेनगॉली | benagoli | 0.34 |
| Bengali in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲି | li | 63.79 |
| ଲୀ | li | 18.97 |
| େଦଇ | eda'i | 3.45 |
| ଳି | li | 3.45 |
| ମଳିକ | malika | 1.72 |
| ମଲିକ | malika | 1.72 |
| ଦଳାଇ | dala'i | 1.72 |
| େସଠୀ | esathi | 1.72 |
| Bengali in the Hindi language | ||
| बेंगाली | bengali | 40 |
| बंगाली | bangali | 40 |
| बॆंगली | bengali | 20 |
| Bengali in the Arabic language | ||
| بنغالي | bnghaly | - |
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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 Bengali
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