Egai Surname
Approximately 449 people bear this surname
Egai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 183 | 1:967,993 | 41,230 |
| Malaysia | 153 | 1:192,773 | 11,436 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Kazakhstan | 16 | 1:1,105,156 | 63,055 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Egaï (1) are calculated separately.
Egai (155) may also be a first name.
Egai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Egai (Oriya: ଏଗାଇ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Egaï. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Egai is the 667,223rd most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 16,230,615 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Egai reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egai is also the 738,219th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 155 people.
Egai is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 967,993. In Nigeria Egai is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 75 percent are found, Cross River, where 9 percent are found and Rivers, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 34 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Egai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Egai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏଗାଇ | ega'i | - |
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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 Egai
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