Mengiste Surname

24,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,775 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Mengiste Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mengiste Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia21,5711:4,522729
Israel991:86,44110,271
United States771:4,707,259244,676
England81:6,964,757184,742
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Mengiste (40,960) may also be a first name.

Mengiste Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mengiste Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mengiste is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mengiste? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 24,796th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 334,675 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mengiste live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 21,781st most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 40,960 people.

Mengiste is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 21,571 people, or 1 in 4,522. Beside Ethiopia this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Mengiste Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Mengiste surname are 37.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 90.91% registered to vote for the party.

Mengiste earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.72% more than the national average, earning $49,932 USD per year.

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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 Mengiste
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