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Takai name meaning

Last Name
438
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys

Meaning and Origin

What does the name Takai mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Takai

User Submitted Origins

Japanese
67%
Native American
25%
Egyptian
8%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from Massachusetts, U.S., the name Takai is of Native American origin and means "Tall".
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Notable Persons With the Last Name Takai

Notable Persons With the Last Name Takai

Mark Takai

Mark was born on July 1st, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

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Mamiko Takai

Mamiko Takai is a singer. Mamiko was born on December 28th, 1966 in Obama, Fukui.

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Fernanda Barbosa Takai

Fernanda Barbosa Takai is an alternative rock, experimental rock, indie rock, art rock, and música popular brasileira musician. She was most prominent from 1988 to present. Fernanda was given the name Fernanda Takai on August 25th, 1971.

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Yuichi Takai

Yuichi Takai is a writer.

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Teri Takai

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Yohei Takai

Yohei was born in 1982.

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  • Yuhei Takai
    Athlete

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Takai U.S.
  White 5.02% 64.26%
  African American 0.00% 11.96%
  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 81.74% 4.85%
  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
  Two or More Ethnicities 11.19% 1.76%
  Hispanic or Latino 1.60% 16.26%

Of Last Name Takai

People with the last name Takai are most frequently Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander or Two or More Ethnicities

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Fun Facts about the name Takai

  • How Popular is the name Takai? Takai is the 20,247th most popular name of all time. As a last name Takai was the 48,256th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Takai have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 364 babies born with the first name Takai in the United States. That's more than enough people named Takai to occupy the territory of Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 66 (as of July 1, 2008).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Takai? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1996 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  • When was Takai first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Takai is Saturday, November 20th, 1897.
  • What year had the most people named Takai born? The highest recorded use of the first name Takai was in 2012 with a total of 22 babies.
  • Random Takai Factoid: According to the 2003 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Takai is not a popular baby boy's name in California. Imagine that, only 5 babies in California have the same name in 2003.
  • Weird things about the name Takai: The name spelled backwards is Iakat. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Aitka. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Takai? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 438 people with the last name Takai.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Takai? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Takai as their last name since less than 1 person in 667k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
  • Takai name meaning

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