Nimai Surname
Approximately 2,459 people bear this surname
Nimai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,182 | 1:351,542 | 19,180 |
| Papua New Guinea | 234 | 1:34,845 | 4,120 |
| Pakistan | 20 | 1:8,932,194 | 45,447 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nimai (140,548) may also be a first name.
Nimai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nimai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nimai (Bengali: নিমাই, Hindi: निमाई, Marathi: िनमाई, Oriya: ନିମାଇ, Tibetan: ཉི་མའི།) has its highest incidence in India. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nimai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nimai is the 174,470th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,963,622 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Nimai live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 7,443rd most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 140,548 people.
This last name is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 2,182 people, or 1 in 351,542. In India Nimai is mostly concentrated in: Manipur, where 67 percent are found, West Bengal, where 25 percent are found and Odisha, where 5 percent are found. Aside from India this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found and Pakistan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nimai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nimai in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཉི་མའི། | nyimé | - |
| Nimai in the Bengali language | ||
| নিমাই | nima'i | 99.57 |
| নীমাই | nima'i | 0.06 |
| নিতাই | nita'i | 0.06 |
| Nimai in the Marathi language | ||
| िनमाई | inama'i | 86.88 |
| िनमई | inama'i | 9.12 |
| नीमाई | nima'i | 1.28 |
| नीमई | nima'i | 0.8 |
| नेमाई | nema'i | 0.16 |
| Nimai in the Hindi language | ||
| निमाई | nima'i | 83.15 |
| निमई | nima'i | 5.8 |
| निमाइ | nima'i | 5.52 |
| नीमाई | nima'i | 1.66 |
| नीमई | nima'i | 0.55 |
| निमांई | nimami | 0.28 |
| निमाय | nimaya | 0.28 |
| निमइ | nima'i | 0.28 |
| Nimai in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିମାଇ | nima'i | 81.31 |
| ନିମାଇଁ | nima'im | 12.85 |
| ନିମାଈ | nima'i | 1.52 |
| ନୀମାଇ | nima'i | 1.46 |
| ନିମାୟ | nimaya | 0.11 |
| ଦିପାଇ | dipa'i | 0.06 |
| ଜିମାଇ | jima'i | 0.06 |
| ନିମଇ | nima'i | 0.06 |
| ନିଳା | nila | 0.06 |
| ଲିମାଇ | lima'i | 0.06 |
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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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- 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 Nimai
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