Mengai Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Mengai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mengai (99) may also be a first name.
Mengai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mengai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mengai (Hindi: मेङई, Oriya: େମାଇ) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mengai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,565,797th most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name Mengai occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 34 percent of Mengai reside; 34 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 34 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 951,070th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 99 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea Mengai is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 44 percent reside, Madang, where 31 percent reside and National Capital District, where 24 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea Mengai is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mengai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mengai in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାଇ | ema'i | - |
| Mengai in the Hindi language | ||
| मेङई | mena'i | 90.91 |
| मेङइ | mena'i | 4.55 |
| मेङ़ई | menai | 4.55 |
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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 Mengai
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