Bengü Surname

301,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Bengü Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bengü Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,2391:62,8105,978
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Northern Cyprus31:106,3378,831
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Bengu (6,683) are calculated separately.

Bengü (3,736) may also be a first name.

Bengü Last Name Facts

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

Bengü (Hindi: बेन्गु, Marathi: बगू, Oriya: େବୂ) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Bengu. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bengü? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 301,281st most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 5,779,180 people. The last name Bengü is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Bengü live; 82 percent live in West Asia and 82 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Bengü is also the 115,187th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 3,736 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,239 people, or 1 in 62,810. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent live, Mardin Province, where 13 percent live and Bursa Province, where 8 percent live. Besides Turkey Bengü exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Bengü Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bengü has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bengü last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bengu936,683/
Bhengu7336,121/
Benggu73413/
Bengou73351/
Bengoo73174/
Bengau73136/
Bengus7377/
Buengu7334/
Bengoe7333/
Bengut7321/
Beengu738/
Biengu735/
Benghu733/
Benngu731/
Bingüt731/
Beungu731/
Boengu731/
Benguş731/
Baengu731/
Bnengu731/
Behngu731/
Bemngu731/
Biengou67525/
Benggau6748/
Bngu679/
Benguhe679/
Bengoud679/
Benghoe675/
Behngoo671/
Bhenggu671/
Bhenguh671/

Bengü Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bengü in the Hindi language
बेन्गुben'gu-
Bengü in the Oriya language
େବୂebu58.33
େବୁebu33.33
େବୁଇebu'i8.33
Bengü in the Marathi language
बगूbagu50
बेन्गुben'gu50

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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
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  • 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 Bengü
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