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    The surname Nakai

    A surname, carried by 1,205 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N200

    Nakai: #21,633 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nakai #21,633, 1,205 people Nakai: #21,633 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nakai #21,633, 1,205 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nakai is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,205 people named Nakai in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,220 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,128.

    #21,633
    rank among US surnames
    1,205
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #21,565)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,625Rathke1,206256,008
    #21,633Nakai1,205256,220

    Who is named Nakai

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    49% of people named Nakai identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, 36% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.0% as two or more races.

    • American Indian and Alaska Native 49%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 36%
    • Two or more races 6.0%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among American Indian and Alaska Native people.

    Famous Nakais

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Noemie Nakai
      Actress, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nakai

    Nakai has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nakai?
    1,205 people in the United States had the surname Nakai in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,220 Americans. It ranked 21,633rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nakai?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Nakai identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, and 36% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Nakai?
    Noemie Nakai, actress.
    Where is the surname Nakai most common?
    Wikidata records people named Nakai in Japan.
    Is the surname Nakai getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,205 in 2010, up 6.8%.