Nagai is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nagai
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nagai

How popular is Nagai?

Nagai is common in Japan.

Nagai is ranked 3190 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nagais plummeted by 2.18509 per cent to 761 since 2000 and slipped by 1840 spots and ranked at 30630. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 84.49 85.35
Others 7.75 5.27
White 6.7 8.23
Hispanic or Latino 1.05 1.03
Nagai is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 170961 people have been found who wears Nagai as their family name. Nagai is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,296 China10
38,459 New Zealand7
112,145 Spain7
32,086 Mexico3
2,720 South Korea3
2,915 Paraguay3
2,113 Taiwan3
108,034 Italy3
34,572 Israel2
14,521 Portugal2
10,858 Tunisia2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
24,766 Scotland2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
13,552 Qatar2
1,389 Barbados2
54,135 Philippines2
4,164 Vietnam2
24,269 Peru2
14,373 Jordan1
91,024 Belgium1
107,212 South Africa1
10,958 Bangladesh1
37,493 Austria1
120,357 Argentina1
49,101 Denmark1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
746 Dominica1
480 Micronesia1
118,015 Netherlands1
11,510 Oman1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
6,212 Jamaica1
11,923 Slovenia1
42,479 Greece1
7,191 Afghanistan1
6,149 Ethiopia1
25,721 Egypt1
13,606 Senegal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
220,163 Indonesia29
36,547 Switzerland27
144,672 Ukraine24
80,267 Kazakhstan24
313,372 Russia23
19,469 Moldova23
42,407 Sweden22
5,220 Trinidad and Tobago21
7,162 Thailand15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
4,216 Singapore77
3,257 Hong Kong71
36,287 Australia59
Countries with hundreds of Nagai:
3,149 Ghana959
43,536 Germany235
20,344 Tanzania207
20,300 Canada176
116,826 India169
33,856 England129
Countries with thousands of Nagai:
3,657 Brazil3,911
29,327 United States1,018
Countries with hundred thousands of Nagai:
89 Japan163,517
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Nagai Namesakes

  • Ai Nagai, Playwright
  • Aiko Nagai, Film actress
  • Tatsuyuki Nagai, Animation Director
  • Tatsuyuki Nagai, Animation Director
  • Tatsuyuki Nagai, Animation Director
  • Ichirō Nagai, Voice actor
  • Atsushi Nagai, Soccer player
  • Ayako Nagai, Ichirō Nagai's wife
  • Ravikant Nagaich, Film cinematographer
  • Chittor V. Nagaiah, Film actor
  • In 2016 comedy and drama movie, Nakemo shinai kuseni, Chihiro Nagai portrayed N.
  • Masako Nagai characterized leading role of N in 2006 drama film Aisai nikki.
  • In 2000, Akinori Nagai characterized the role of Dramatic Recreation Actor in documentary movie Tokyo Girls.

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