Norgay Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Norgay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Bhutan | 6 | 1:102,673 | 847 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Norgay (90) may also be a first name.
Norgay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Norgay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Norgay (Hindi: नोर्गे, Tibetan: ནོར་རྒྱས།) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Norgay.
How Common Is The Last Name Norgay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,909,720th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 73 percent of Norgay live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 40 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,005,046th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 90 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 30,682,615. In India it is primarily found in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 72 percent reside, Sikkim, where 12 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 4 percent reside. Besides India it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 16 percent reside and Bhutan, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Norgay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Norgay in the Hindi language | ||
| नोर्गे | norge | - |
| Norgay in the Tibetan language | ||
| ནོར་རྒྱས། | norgyé | 92.59 |
| ནོར་རྒྱས་ | norgyé | 7.41 |
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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 Norgay
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