Dagai Surname
Approximately 787 people bear this surname
Dagai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 283 | 1:73,389 | 9,146 |
| Nigeria | 231 | 1:766,852 | 34,601 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Uzbekistan | 38 | 1:813,925 | 16,450 |
| Italy | 24 | 1:2,548,195 | 95,018 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Dagaï (2) are calculated separately.
Dagai (1,255) may also be a first name.
Dagai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dagai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dagai (Bengali: দগাই, Hindi: डगई, Marathi: दगाई) is found most in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms: Dagaï. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dagai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dagai is the 436,213th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,259,906 people. The surname Dagai is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Dagai live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 29 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dagai is also the 222,828th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 1,255 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 73,389. In Cameroon Dagai is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 65 percent reside, North Region, where 34 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dagai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dagai in the Bengali language | ||
| দগাই | daga'i | - |
| Dagai in the Hindi language | ||
| डगई | daga'i | 54.55 |
| दगई | daga'i | 45.45 |
| Dagai in the Marathi language | ||
| दगाई | daga'i | 37.04 |
| डगाई | daga'i | 25.93 |
| दगई | daga'i | 18.52 |
| दगइ | daga'i | 14.81 |
| डगई | daga'i | 3.7 |
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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
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- 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 Dagai
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