Gagai Surname
Approximately 894 people bear this surname
Gagai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 258 | 1:151,315 | 13,388 |
| India | 165 | 1:4,648,881 | 119,525 |
| Pakistan | 123 | 1:1,452,389 | 16,004 |
| South Africa | 90 | 1:601,974 | 45,802 |
| Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Kenya | 21 | 1:2,199,043 | 36,489 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Nepal | 10 | 1:2,848,096 | 9,545 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Gagaï (10) & Gagaî (1) are calculated separately.
Gagai (294) may also be a first name.
Gagai Demographics
Gagai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gagai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gagai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gagai (Bengali: গগই, Hindi: गगई, Marathi: गगै, Oriya: ଗାଗାଇ) is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Gagaï or Gagaî. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gagai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 394,847th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 8,151,617 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Gagai reside; 34 percent reside in South Asia and 25 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Gagai is also the 514,566th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 294 people.
This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 258 people, or 1 in 151,315. In Uganda Gagai is most common in: Mbale District, where 85 percent reside, Sironko District, where 7 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 2 percent reside. Not including Uganda this surname exists in 23 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent reside and Pakistan, where 14 percent reside.
Gagai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Gagai last name are 35.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 88.89% being registered with the party.
The amount Gagai earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 22.85% more than the national average, earning R 291,936 per year and in United States they earn 0.2% more than the national average, earning $43,236 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gagai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gagai in the Bengali language | ||
| গগই | gaga'i | - |
| Gagai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଗାଇ | gaga'i | 90.91 |
| ଗଗଇ | gaga'i | 9.09 |
| Gagai in the Hindi language | ||
| गगई | gaga'i | 85.19 |
| गगइ | gaga'i | 5.56 |
| गगै | gagai | 3.7 |
| गागाी | gagai | 1.85 |
| गागई | gaga'i | 1.85 |
| गगाई | gaga'i | 1.85 |
| Gagai in the Marathi language | ||
| गगै | gagai | 61.54 |
| गागी | gagi | 15.38 |
| गगाई | gaga'i | 15.38 |
| गगई | gaga'i | 7.69 |
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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 Gagai
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