Tiba Surname
Approximately 15,437 people bear this surname
Tiba Surname User-submission:
1. 'knowledge' or 'to know something';
2. 'Sun glints on a lake/ocean'. The glimmers of light that can be seen on water when the sun is out or when it sets, it is what Tsonga people call tiva.
Read More About This SurnameTiba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,736 | 1:27,003 | 3,384 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Romania | 1,249 | 1:16,075 | 2,073 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,198 | 1:19,258 | 1,456 |
| South Africa | 1,026 | 1:52,805 | 6,683 |
| Iran | 1,004 | 1:76,477 | 7,874 |
| Egypt | 915 | 1:100,476 | 8,511 |
| Algeria | 890 | 1:43,406 | 7,667 |
| Hungary | 791 | 1:12,410 | 1,420 |
| Tanzania | 648 | 1:81,700 | 8,371 |
| Brazil | 539 | 1:397,169 | 15,140 |
| Indonesia | 517 | 1:255,801 | 23,252 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Cameroon | 453 | 1:45,848 | 6,021 |
| Philippines | 166 | 1:609,869 | 65,823 |
| Papua New Guinea | 154 | 1:52,946 | 6,689 |
| India | 153 | 1:5,013,499 | 125,565 |
| Lesotho | 119 | 1:17,080 | 3,660 |
| France | 103 | 1:644,881 | 83,663 |
| Japan | 92 | 1:1,389,612 | 23,539 |
| United States | 86 | 1:4,214,639 | 225,501 |
| Benin | 84 | 1:123,043 | 13,434 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Ecuador | 45 | 1:353,463 | 9,524 |
| Australia | 44 | 1:613,539 | 43,545 |
| Burundi | 36 | 1:272,357 | 409 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Solomon Islands | 27 | 1:21,483 | 4,219 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Lebanon | 23 | 1:245,091 | 9,209 |
| Tunisia | 17 | 1:35,919 | 5,218 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
Tiba (20,679) may also be a first name.
Tiba Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname has two different meanings:
1. 'knowledge' or 'to know something';
2. 'Sun glints on a lake/ocean'. The glimmers of light that can be seen on water when the sun is out or when it sets, it is what Tsonga people call tiva.
- amuTiba Demographics
Average Tiba Salary in
United States
$38,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tiba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tiba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tiba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻴﺐ, Hindi: टीबा, Oriya: ଟିବା, Russian: Тиба, Tibetan: ཀྲི་བཱ་) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tiba.
How Common Is The Last Name Tiba? popularity and diffusion
Tiba is the 34,336th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 472,083 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Tiba live; 20 percent live in Central Africa and 20 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 36,896th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 20,679 people.
Tiba is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,736 people, or 1 in 27,003. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 75 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 9 percent live and Romania, where 8 percent live.
Tiba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tiba last name are 24.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 77.27% registered with the party.
The amount Tiba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 38.09% less than the national average, earning R 147,120 per year; in United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 101.35% more than the national average, earning $100,035 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tiba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tiba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻴﺐ | tyb | - |
| Tiba in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀྲི་བཱ་ | triba | - |
| Tiba in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟିବା | tiba | 75 |
| ଟିବ | tiba | 12.5 |
| ତିବା | tiba | 12.5 |
| Tiba in the Hindi language | ||
| टीबा | tiba | 65.22 |
| तीबा | tiba | 13.04 |
| टीब | tiba | 8.7 |
| टिबा | tiba | 4.35 |
| तईबा | ta'iba | 4.35 |
| टीबड़ा | tibara | 4.35 |
| Tiba in the Russian language | ||
| Тиба | tiba | - |
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