Tigabu Surname

18,014th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,651 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Tigabu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tigabu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia30,5861:3,189545
Papua New Guinea351:232,96332,024
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Israel101:855,76354,181
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Tigabu (17,781) may also be a first name.

Tigabu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tigabu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tigabu is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tigabu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tigabu is the 18,014th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 237,759 people. The last name Tigabu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tigabu live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tigabu is also the 41,177th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 17,781 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 30,586 people, or 1 in 3,189. Excluding Ethiopia this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Tigabu Last Name Statistics demography

Tigabu earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.98% less than the national average, earning $18,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tigabou921/
Tegabu833,866/
Tigavu8349/
Tigebu831/
Tugabu831/
Tigavus771/
Teagabu771/
Tioghobou671/
Tegebu671/
Tegobou623/

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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
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  • 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 Tigabu
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