Mensala Surname
Approximately 1,436 people bear this surname
Mensala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| Cameroon | 248 | 1:83,746 | 10,190 |
| Peru | 22 | 1:1,444,733 | 22,095 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mensala (54) may also be a first name.
Mensala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mensala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mensala is found in Chad more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mensala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mensala is the 271,355th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 5,074,893 people. The last name Mensala is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mensala live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 54 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Chad, where it is carried by 1,155 people, or 1 in 11,768. Without taking into account Chad this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and Peru, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Mensala
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