Gaigai Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Gaigai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 154 | 1:134,864 | 15,121 |
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| Liberia | 31 | 1:142,211 | 10,418 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gaigai (3,172) may also be a first name.
Gaigai Demographics
Average Gaigai Salary in
South Africa
R 15,216
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gaigai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaigai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaigai (Hindi: गैगाई, Oriya: ଗାଇଗାଇ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gaigai.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaigai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,009,375th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The surname Gaigai is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Gaigai are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Gaigai is also the 127,619th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 3,172 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 134,864. In Cameroon Gaigai is most common in: Far North Region, where 87 percent are found, North Region, where 12 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found and Liberia, where 12 percent are found.
Gaigai Last Name Statistics demography
Gaigai earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 93.6% less than the national average, earning R 15,216 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaigai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaigai in the Hindi language | ||
| गैगाई | gaiga'i | - |
| Gaigai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଇଗାଇ | ga'iga'i | 66.67 |
| ଗଇଗଇ | ga'iga'i | 33.33 |
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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 Gaigai
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