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
Dagai (Bengali: দগাই, Hindi: डगई, Marathi: दगाई) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Dagaï. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dagai.
How Common Is The Last Name Dagai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 436,213th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 9,259,906 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Dagai reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 29 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 222,828th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,255 people.
Dagai is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 73,389. In Cameroon Dagai is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 65 percent live, North Region, where 34 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Dagai is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
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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- 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 Dagai
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