Kakai Surname
Approximately 24,624 people bear this surname
Kakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 11,634 | 1:3,356 | 596 |
| Kenya | 7,445 | 1:6,203 | 851 |
| Iran | 4,145 | 1:18,524 | 2,374 |
| Papua New Guinea | 482 | 1:16,916 | 1,689 |
| Tanzania | 278 | 1:190,437 | 16,384 |
| Solomon Islands | 127 | 1:4,567 | 582 |
| Benin | 92 | 1:112,344 | 12,545 |
| Pakistan | 66 | 1:2,706,726 | 22,920 |
| Thailand | 63 | 1:1,121,244 | 165,873 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Afghanistan | 23 | 1:1,397,964 | 11,714 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Kakaï (64), Kákai (40) & Kakaî (1) are calculated separately.
Kakai (3,889) may also be a first name.
Kakai Demographics
Kakai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kakai (Bengali: কলই, Hindi: ककई, Marathi: ककई, Oriya: କକଇ) is most common in Uganda. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Kakaï, Kákai or Kakaî. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 22,082nd most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 295,953 people. The last name Kakai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Kakai are found; 79 percent are found in East Africa and 48 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kakai is also the 112,444th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 3,889 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 11,634 people, or 1 in 3,356. In Uganda Kakai is most numerous in: Mbale District, where 43 percent live, Manafwa District, where 12 percent live and Bulambuli District, where 10 percent live. Besides Uganda Kakai occurs in 46 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 30 percent live and Iran, where 17 percent live.
Kakai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kakai surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kakai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kakai in the Bengali language | ||
| কলই | kala'i | - |
| Kakai in the Hindi language | ||
| ककई | kaka'i | 96.13 |
| केकई | keka'i | 1.29 |
| ककइ | kaka'i | 0.97 |
| काकाी | kakai | 0.32 |
| काकई | kaka'i | 0.32 |
| Kakai in the Marathi language | ||
| ककई | kaka'i | 57.14 |
| ककाई | kaka'i | 28.57 |
| काकई | kaka'i | 14.29 |
| Kakai in the Oriya language | ||
| କକଇ | kaka'i | 25 |
| କେକୖ | keka | 25 |
| କାକଳି | kakali | 25 |
| କକାଇ | kaka'i | 25 |
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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 Kakai
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