Bengau Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Bengau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 131 | 1:225,147 | 12,981 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Bengau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bengau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bengau (Marathi: बगउ) is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bengau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bengau is the 1,527,735th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Bengau are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name Bengau is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 225,147. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 92 percent reside, Penang, where 3 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bengau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bengau in the Marathi language | ||
| बगउ | baga'u | - |
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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 Bengau
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