Bengalu Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guyana
Highest density in:
Guyana

Bengalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bengalu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guyana31:254,07411,262
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Bengalu (14) may also be a first name.

Bengalu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bengalu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bengalu (Oriya: ଲୁ) occurs most in Guyana. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bengalu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Bengalu are found; 60 percent are found in South America and 60 percent are found in Gallo-Germanic South America. Bengalu is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 14 people.

The surname is most common in Guyana, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 254,074. In Guyana Bengalu is primarily found in: Demerara-Mahaica, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Guyana this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and India, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bengalu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bengalu in the Oriya language
ଲୁlu66.67
େବାଲୁebalu33.33

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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 Bengalu
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