Takai Surname
Approximately 53,080 people bear this surname
Takai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 49,440 | 1:2,586 | 444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 635 | 1:12,840 | 1,197 |
| Nigeria | 592 | 1:299,228 | 16,719 |
| United States | 523 | 1:693,038 | 54,910 |
| Tonga | 455 | 1:236 | 50 |
| Kiribati | 214 | 1:530 | 170 |
| Kenya | 201 | 1:229,751 | 16,196 |
| Brazil | 191 | 1:1,120,808 | 39,127 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 108 | 1:505 | 88 |
| New Zealand | 100 | 1:45,283 | 7,455 |
| Iran | 73 | 1:1,051,815 | 47,741 |
| Australia | 66 | 1:409,026 | 32,879 |
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Canada | 54 | 1:682,326 | 55,162 |
| Liberia | 47 | 1:93,799 | 7,591 |
| Guam | 37 | 1:4,328 | 556 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| Solomon Islands | 35 | 1:16,572 | 3,167 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| South Africa | 30 | 1:1,805,923 | 85,708 |
| Thailand | 30 | 1:2,354,612 | 261,046 |
| Cook Islands | 26 | 1:699 | 108 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Nauru | 5 | 1:2,376 | 317 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Tákai (1) & Takaï (1) are calculated separately.
Takai (1,996) may also be a first name.
Takai Demographics
Average Male Takai Height
171.81 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Takai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Takai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Takai (Bengali: তাকই, Hindi: टकई, Marathi: टकई, Oriya: ତାକାଇ, Russian: Такаи) has its highest incidence in Japan. It can appear as a variant: Tákai or Takaï. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Takai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,584th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 137,294 people. Takai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Takai reside; 93 percent reside in East Asia and 93 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Takai is also the 169,220th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 1,996 people.
The surname Takai is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 49,440 people, or 1 in 2,586. In Japan it is mostly found in: Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent reside, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent reside and Gifu Prefecture, where 9 percent reside. Barring Japan it exists in 46 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Takai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Takai last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Takai surname are 20.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 73.55% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Takai earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 9.97% less than the national average, earning R 213,936 per year; in United States they earn 22% more than the national average, earning $52,641 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.92% less than the national average, earning $46,742 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Takai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Takai in the Bengali language | ||
| তাকই | taka'i | - |
| Takai in the Hindi language | ||
| टकई | taka'i | 50 |
| तकई | taka'i | 22.22 |
| टकाई | taka'i | 16.67 |
| तकाई | taka'i | 5.56 |
| टिकई | tika'i | 5.56 |
| Takai in the Oriya language | ||
| ତାକାଇ | taka'i | 40 |
| ଟକଇ | taka'i | 20 |
| ତକଇ | taka'i | 20 |
| ଟାକଇ | taka'i | 20 |
| Takai in the Marathi language | ||
| टकई | taka'i | 25 |
| मतकई | mataka'i | 16.67 |
| टकारी | takari | 16.67 |
| तकई | taka'i | 16.67 |
| तकै | takai | 8.33 |
| तकी | taki | 8.33 |
| तकइ | taka'i | 8.33 |
| Takai in the Russian language | ||
| Такаи | takai | - |
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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 Takai
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