Nahai

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/nəhaɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Nahai is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ukraine than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 295K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PLPoland1 in 598K
  • USUnited States≈1 in 4.2M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ukraine (inferred from the name graph)

≈150 people, est.

Sources
2 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 295K (inferred from the name graph)

Ukraine, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nahai counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Nahai is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
UA Ukraine≈150 est.≈1 in 295K—Nahai2
US United States≈80 est.≈1 in 4.2Mlisted——
PL Poland641 in 598K34——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Nahai is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Thai surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand

    Also written นาใฮ, นาไฮ, ละใฮ, นาึไฮ

  • Hebrew given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Ukraine

    Also written נהאי, נחאי

22 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Nahai,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Nahai
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202634—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—34#64,494
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202630—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—30#70,334
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Nahai?
A machine transcription gives /nəhaɪ/ (IPA) for Ukrainian.
In which country does Nahai have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 149 people named Nahai in Ukraine, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nahai.
How common is the name Nahai?
In Poland, the national register counted 64 people named Nahai in 2026, about 1 in 598 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nahai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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