Mengala Surname
Approximately 359 people bear this surname
Mengala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 222 | 1:93,554 | 11,174 |
| Philippines | 59 | 1:1,715,902 | 111,316 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Mengala (103) may also be a first name.
Mengala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mengala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mengala (Hindi: मेंगला, Marathi: मगाळा, Oriya: େମଳା) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mengala.
How Common Is The Last Name Mengala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mengala is the 786,896th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Mengala are found; 62 percent are found in Central Africa and 59 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 103 people.
Mengala is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 222 people, or 1 in 93,554. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 94 percent live, East Region, where 5 percent live and Littoral Region, where 0 percent live. Not including Cameroon it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 16 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mengala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mengala in the Hindi language | ||
| मेंगला | mengala | - |
| Mengala in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଳା | emala | 62.5 |
| ମଳିକ | malika | 12.5 |
| ଗମା | gama | 12.5 |
| େବେହରା | ebehara | 12.5 |
| Mengala in the Marathi language | ||
| मगाळा | magala | 42.86 |
| मगला | magala | 25 |
| मगळा | magala | 21.43 |
| मगाळ | magala | 7.14 |
| मंगला | mangala | 3.57 |
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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 Mengala
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