Mengistu

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from the Amharic personal name መንግስቱ (Mengistu). === Proper noun === Mengistu (plural Mengistus) A surname from Amharic. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Mengistu is the 33772th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 674 individuals. Mengistu is most common among Black/African American (96.14%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mengistu”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 575. === Anagrams === time-guns