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    The surname Ngai

    A surname, carried by 1,623 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N200

    Ngai: #17,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ngai #17,392, 1,623 people Ngai: #17,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ngai #17,392, 1,623 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ngai is more common than 89.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,623 people named Ngai in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,231 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,385.

    #17,392
    rank among US surnames
    1,623
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,412)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,385Brasel1,624190,114
    #17,392Slavens1,623190,231
    #17,398Olaughlin1,622190,349

    Who is named Ngai

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

    95% of people named Ngai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.5% as two or more races and 1.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ngai

    Ngai 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 Ngai?
    1,623 people in the United States had the surname Ngai in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,231 Americans. It ranked 17,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ngai?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ngai identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Ngai getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,623 in 2010, up 17%.