Minkai Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Minkai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 175 | 1:730,539 | 17,376 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Minkai (6,375) may also be a first name.
Minkai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Minkai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Minkai is borne by more people in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Minkai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,252,959th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Minkai live; 95 percent live in East Asia and 95 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Minkai is also the 82,402nd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 6,375 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 730,539. In Japan Minkai is most prevalent in: Osaka Prefecture, where 99 percent reside and Okayama Prefecture, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Japan it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Minkai
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