Nankai Surname
Approximately 479 people bear this surname
Nankai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 408 | 1:313,344 | 11,375 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nankai (5,403) may also be a first name.
Nankai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nankai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nankai (Hindi: नन्कई, Marathi: ननकाई) occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nankai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nankai is the 636,210th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,214,083 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Nankai reside; 87 percent reside in East Asia and 85 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Nankai is also the 91,576th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 5,403 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 408 people, or 1 in 313,344. In Japan Nankai is most frequent in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 59 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 16 percent live and Shimane Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Barring Japan this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 5 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nankai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nankai in the Marathi language | ||
| ननकाई | nanaka'i | 96 |
| ननकई | nanaka'i | 4 |
| Nankai in the Hindi language | ||
| नन्कई | nanka'i | 53.93 |
| ननकई | nanaka'i | 20.28 |
| ननकाई | nanaka'i | 12.8 |
| नन्काई | nanka'i | 8.41 |
| नन्कइ | nanka'i | 1.12 |
| ननकै | nanakai | 0.75 |
| नंकाई | nanka'i | 0.37 |
| ननकाइ | nanaka'i | 0.28 |
| ननकी | nanaki | 0.19 |
| नंकई | nanka'i | 0.19 |
| नानकई | nanaka'i | 0.19 |
| नन्कई़ | nanka'i | 0.09 |
| ननकइ | nanaka'i | 0.09 |
| नान्काई | nanka'i | 0.09 |
| नन्कै | nankai | 0.09 |
| नानकाई | nanaka'i | 0.09 |
| ननलई | nanala'i | 0.09 |
| नन्काइ | nanka'i | 0.09 |
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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 Nankai
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