Nolai Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Nolai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 274 | 1:29,758 | 3,402 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nolai (151) may also be a first name.
Nolai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nolai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nolai (Hindi: नोलई) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Nolai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nolai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nolai is the 937,786th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Nolai are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 749,223rd most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 151 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 274 people, or 1 in 29,758. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Chimbu, where 65 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 22 percent are found and Milne Bay, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Croatia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nolai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nolai in the Hindi language | ||
| नोलई | nola'i | - |
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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 Nolai
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