Nanhai Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Nanhai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 172 | 1:4,459,682 | 116,397 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Nanhai (23,805) may also be a first name.
Nanhai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanhai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nanhai (Hindi: नन्हई, Marathi: नन्हई) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanhai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nanhai is the 1,267,784th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nanhai reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 33,234th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 23,805 people.
Nanhai is most common in India, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 4,459,682. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 85 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 9 percent live and Bihar, where 4 percent live. Outside of India this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in China, where 3 percent live and Taiwan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nanhai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nanhai in the Marathi language | ||
| नन्हई | nanha'i | 95.31 |
| नन्है | nanhai | 1.88 |
| नन्हाई | nanha'i | 1.88 |
| Nanhai in the Hindi language | ||
| नन्हई | nanha'i | 74.45 |
| नन्है | nanhai | 13.25 |
| नन्हाई | nanha'i | 7.38 |
| नन्हइ | nanha'i | 1.78 |
| नन्ही | nanhi | 1.64 |
| नन्हे | nanhe | 0.55 |
| नन्हें | nanhem | 0.27 |
| नान्है | nanhai | 0.14 |
| नन्हि | nanhi | 0.14 |
| ननही | nanahi | 0.14 |
| नन्हाइ | nanha'i | 0.14 |
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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 Nanhai
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