Mengesha
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Amharic መንገሻ (mängäša).
Proper noun
editMengesha (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.