Ndjai Surname
Approximately 651 people bear this surname
Ndjai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 620 | 1:3,886 | 708 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ndjai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ndjai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ndjai (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻧﺠﺎﻱ) is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ndjai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ndjai is the 504,389th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 11,194,387 people. Ndjai occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ndjai are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Namibia, where it is held by 620 people, or 1 in 3,886. In Namibia Ndjai is most common in: Kunene Region, where 98 percent reside, Erongo Region, where 1 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Namibia this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Chad, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ndjai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ndjai in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻧﺠﺎﻱ | anjay | - |
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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 Ndjai
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