Ngai is used as a family name or surname in Hong Kong. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ngai
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Hong Kong
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ngai

How popular is Ngai?

Ngai is common in Hong Kong.

Ngai is ranked 16387 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ngais grew by 17.18412 per cent to 1623 since 2000 and ranked 17392 after elevating 1020 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
94.58 96.03
Others 2.53 1.81
White 1.6 1.37
Hispanic or Latino 1.05 0.36
Ngai is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Hong Kong which signifies that it is originated from Hong Kong. Around 32077 people have been found who wears Ngai as their family name. Ngai is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
917 Myanmar3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
2,113 Taiwan3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
90,215 Germany3
18,718 Thailand2
82,478 South Africa2
2,617 Cambodia2
13,552 Qatar2
24,766 Scotland2
2,196 Liberia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
353 Cook Islands1
2,505 Congo1
613 Central African Republic1
151,601 Spain1
897,276 Russia1
1,254 Gibraltar1
2,578 Guam1
29,046 Japan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
11,510 Oman1
81,201 Switzerland1
3,243 Suriname1
4,171 Rwanda1
91,024 Belgium1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,851 Netherlands44
15,547 New Zealand36
8,504 Ireland33
23,443 Norway26
42,407 Sweden22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Ngai:
4,980 Canada890
863 Singapore538
156 Macau537
15,204 England376
34,535 Philippines322
8,789 Australia321
90,573 India251
77,708 France122
509 China116
Countries with thousands of Ngai:
2,608 Indonesia5,700
1,091 Malaysia2,934
15,536 United States2,158
1,187 Vietnam1,789
3,005 Cameroon1,189
4,409 Tanzania1,167
5,070 Kenya1,099
Countries with ten thousands of Ngai:
84 Hong Kong12,302
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Ngai Namesakes

  • Pierre Ngaiohni, Politician
  • Marco Ngai, Actor
  • Chi-Dak Ngai Yeung, Mathematician
  • Marco Ngai, Actor
  • Kong Ngai, Actor
  • Lam Ngai Kai, Film director
  • Low Ngai Yuen, Director
  • Pierre Ngaiohni, Politician
  • Mae Ngai, Historian
  • Marco Ngai, Actor
  • In 1940 adventure movie, Zhongguo Yeren Wang, Pang-Fei Ngai portrayed N.

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