Mengesha
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Amharic መንገሻ (mängäša).
Proper noun edit
Mengesha (plural Mengeshas)
- A surname from Amharic.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mengesha is the 34574th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 654 individuals. Mengesha is most common among Black/African American (95.26%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mengesha”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 575.