Nambai Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Nambai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nambai (93) may also be a first name.
Nambai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nambai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nambai (Bengali: নাম্বাই) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nambai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,931,261st most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Nambai are found; 73 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 73 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nambai is also the 986,211th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 93 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 133,667. In Papua New Guinea Nambai is most prevalent in: Western, where 62 percent live, Madang, where 18 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 13 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 12 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nambai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nambai in the Bengali language | ||
| নাম্বাই | namba'i | 50 |
| নামবাই | namaba'i | 50 |
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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 Nambai
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