Mengah Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Mengah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Mengah (51) may also be a first name.
Mengah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mengah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mengah (Marathi: मगाह) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mengah? popularity and diffusion
Mengah is the 2,152,526th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The surname Mengah is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Mengah are found; 43 percent are found in Central Africa and 43 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mengah is also the 1,396,783rd most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 51 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 73 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 6 percent are found and West Region, where 6 percent are found. Not including Cameroon Mengah exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 23 percent are found and Liberia, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mengah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mengah in the Marathi language | ||
| मगाह | magaha | - |
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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 Mengah
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