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
Average Bengali Salary in
United States
$54,062 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bengali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bengali Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bengali (Arabic: بنغالي, Hindi: बेंगाली, Marathi: बगाली, Oriya: ଲି) is found most in India. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bengali? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 297,841st most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,697,847 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 364,930th most numerous given name on earth It is held by 534 people.
This last name is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 498 people, or 1 in 1,540,292. In India it is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 58 percent live, Nagaland, where 10 percent live and Gujarat, where 7 percent live. Outside of India Bengali is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent live.
Bengali Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Bengali last name are 0.59999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national 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
- 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