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

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

How popular is Nakai?

Nakai is common in Japan.

Nakai is ranked 6248 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Nakai bearers increased by 6.826241 per cent in 2010 US census to 1205 since 2000, the surname slipped by 68 spots and ranked at 21633. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
American Indian and Alaska Native 48.8 45.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 35.85 43.88
Others 5.98 4.52
White 4.9 3.99
Hispanic or Latino 3.98 0
Black 0.5 0
Nakai is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Japan which signifies that it is originated from Japan. Around 87349 people have been found who wears Nakai as their family name. Nakai is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
46,707 New Zealand5
7,594 Pakistan5
8,438 China5
59,967 Moldova4
720,003 Russia4
46,068 Philippines3
3,014 Taiwan2
118,441 Germany2
24,269 Peru2
4,164 Vietnam2
23,344 Austria2
5,936 Bahrain2
35,969 Denmark2
124,220 Italy2
10,183 Jordan2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
107,212 South Africa1
53,033 Nigeria1
7,790 Zambia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
29,774 Venezuela1
8,181 Botswana1
7,847 Albania1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
40,340 Malaysia1
3,275 Nepal1
118,015 Netherlands1
47,891 Norway1
17,575 Kuwait1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
38,841 Scotland1
81,201 Switzerland1
14,644 Tunisia1
165,773 Belarus1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,953 Finland48
4,813 Hong Kong47
75,927 England43
46,489 Australia43
8,214 Singapore35
220,163 Indonesia29
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,098 Zimbabwe100
36,621 Canada89
117,149 France73
Countries with hundreds of Nakai:
139,827 India127
Countries with thousands of Nakai:
7,389 Brazil1,892
28,639 United States1,048
Countries with ten thousands of Nakai:
220 Japan83,687
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Nakai Namesakes

  • Matsuji Nakaizumi, Japanese Politician
  • Sardar Arif Nakai, Politician
  • Asako Nakai, Author
  • Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai, Politician
  • Daisuke Nakai, Baseball infielder
  • Kazuya Nakai, Voice actor
  • Kazuya Nakai, Voice actor
  • Hideo Nakaizumi, Actor
  • Kie Nakai, Actress
  • Kiichi Nakai, Actor
  • Chiharu Nakai, from 2012 0 flick Kyonyû rihatsu-ten: Midare momikucha, who characterized Chiharu Nakai.
  • Takaharu Nakai played central character of N in 2006 drama movie bd: Snowboad Rulerz.

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