Nghai Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Nghai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nghai (215) may also be a first name.
Nghai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nghai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nghai occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nghai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,580,327th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Nghai are found; 71 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Nghai is also the 616,131st most frequent given name globally It is held by 215 people.
The surname Nghai is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 519,227. In Cameroon Nghai is most common in: Northwest Region, where 98 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Nghai is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 7 percent are found and Tanzania, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Nghai
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