Nukai Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Nukai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nukai (776) may also be a first name.
Nukai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nukai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nukai (Hindi: नुकई, Oriya: ନୁକାଇ) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nukai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,293,424th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 39 percent of Nukai reside; 39 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 39 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 294,592nd most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 776 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 63 percent live, West Sepik, where 19 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 15 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 26 percent live and Liberia, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nukai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nukai in the Oriya language | ||
| ନୁକାଇ | nuka'i | - |
| Nukai in the Hindi language | ||
| नुकई | nuka'i | 50 |
| नुकइ | nuka'i | 50 |
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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 Nukai
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