Namagai Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Namagai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namagai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Liberia51:881,70733,815

Namagai Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Namagai Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Namagai is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namagai? popularity and diffusion

Namagai is the 3,730,171st most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namagai live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Namagai is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is most common in: Zamfara, where 78 percent live and Sokoto, where 22 percent live. Beside Nigeria Namagai exists in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 18 percent live.

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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 Namagai
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