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
Mengesha Political Affiliation
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Mengesha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mengesha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mengesha (Russian: Менгеша) is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mengesha.
How Common Is The Last Name Mengesha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,962nd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,960 people. This last name is mostly 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 frequently used first name world-wide, held by 206,822 people.
The surname is most common in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 113,007 people, or 1 in 863. Barring Ethiopia this last name is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Mengesha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Mengesha are 43.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 97.14% being registered with the political 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
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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 Mengesha
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