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 carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bengau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,527,735th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. Bengau is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Bengau reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This surname is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 225,147. In Malaysia Bengau is most numerous in: Sarawak, where 92 percent live, Penang, where 3 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent live. Beside Malaysia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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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