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) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mengah? popularity and diffusion
Mengah is the 2,152,526th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 common forename on earth, borne by 51 people.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Mengah is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 73 percent live, Northwest Region, where 6 percent live and West Region, where 6 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 23 percent live and Liberia, where 18 percent live.
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
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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 Mengah
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