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Where Does The Last Name Bengali Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Bengali (Arabic: بنغالي, Hindi: बेंगाली, Marathi: बगाली, Oriya: ଲି) has its highest incidence in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bengali? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 297,841^st most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,697,847 people. Bengali occurs mostly in Asia, where 62 percent of Bengali live; 42 percent live in South Asia and 39 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 364,930^th most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 534 people.

Bengali is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 498 people, or 1 in 1,540,292. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 58 percent are found, Nagaland, where 10 percent are found and Gujarat, where 7 percent are found. Not including India this last name exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent are found.

Bengali Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Bengali surname is predominantly Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Bengali last name are 0.59999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.63% registered with the 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.