Mengesha Surname
Approximately 113,940 people bear this surname
Mengesha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 113,007 | 1:863 | 145 |
| United States | 595 | 1:609,175 | 49,462 |
| Canada | 105 | 1:350,910 | 31,754 |
| Sweden | 55 | 1:179,032 | 12,357 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Mengesha (206,822) may also be a first name.
Mengesha Demographics
Average Mengesha Salary in
United States
$41,378 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mengesha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mengesha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mengesha (Russian: Менгеша) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mengesha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mengesha is the 4,962nd most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 63,960 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mengesha are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 5,043rd most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 206,822 people.
This last name is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 113,007 people, or 1 in 863. Besides Ethiopia it exists in 40 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Mengesha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Mengesha surname are 43.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 97.14% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mengesha earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 28.5% less than the national average, earning 247,451 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.1% less than the national average, earning $41,378 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.33% less than the national average, earning $35,609 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mengesha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mengesha in the Russian language | ||
| Менгеша | mengesa | - |
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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 Mengesha
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