Nchai Surname
Approximately 446 people bear this surname
Nchai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 313 | 1:6,494 | 1,365 |
| South Africa | 107 | 1:506,334 | 41,014 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nchai (55) may also be a first name.
Nchai Demographics
Average Nchai Salary in
South Africa
R 68,472
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nchai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nchai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nchai is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nchai.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 670,508th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,339,789 people. Nchai is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nchai reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Nchai is also the 1,336,256th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, held by 55 people.
The surname Nchai is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 313 people, or 1 in 6,494. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Maseru District, where 43 percent live, Mafeteng District, where 17 percent live and Mohale's Hoek District, where 16 percent live. Excluding Lesotho Nchai is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 24 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.
Nchai Last Name Statistics demography
Nchai earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.19% less than the national average, earning R 68,472 per year.
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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 Nchai
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