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
Nghai is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nghai? popularity and diffusion
Nghai is the 2,580,327th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. It is primarily found 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 prevalent given name throughout the world, held by 215 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 519,227. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 98 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found 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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