Zagai Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Zagai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 71 | 1:544,106 | 38,132 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Zagaî (1) are calculated separately.
Zagai (47) may also be a first name.
Zagai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zagai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zagai (Marathi: झगई) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Zagaî. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zagai? popularity and diffusion
Zagai is the 1,775,494th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Zagai reside; 66 percent reside in North Africa and 66 percent reside in Mahgreb. Zagai is also the 1,467,136th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 47 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 544,106. In Algeria Zagai is primarily found in: Tiaret Province, where 94 percent reside, El Taref Province, where 1 percent reside and Mascara Province, where 1 percent reside. Beside Algeria it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 9 percent reside and Israel, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zagai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zagai in the Marathi language | ||
| झगई | jhaga'i | 50 |
| झगइ | jhaga'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 Zagai
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