Thigah Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Thigah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Thigah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thigah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thigah is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Thigah.
How Common Is The Last Name Thigah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Thigah is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Thigah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Thigah are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Thigah is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 5,772,488. In Kenya Thigah is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 50 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 13 percent are found and Laikipia County, where 13 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Thigah
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