Tigama Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Tigama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Tigama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tigama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tigama is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Tigama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tigama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Tigama live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Benin, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,148,400. In Benin Tigama is most numerous in: Borgou Department, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tigamai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Thigama | 92 | 1 | / |
| Thigamma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tegama | 83 | 100 | / |
| Tigoma | 83 | 51 | / |
| Tigame | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tugama | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tégama | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tugamay | 77 | 105 | / |
| Tegamma | 77 | 12 | / |
| Tigooma | 77 | 12 | / |
| Taigema | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tegamah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tighami | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tigamoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taigamo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tegamai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Taigami | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tiegouma | 71 | 9 | / |
| Tighammi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tegoma | 67 | 568 | / |
| Tegami | 67 | 124 | / |
| Tegema | 67 | 94 | / |
| Tigomo | 67 | 91 | / |
| Teigamägi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tigome | 67 | 17 | / |
| Tegame | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tugoma | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tigomi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tugamo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tegamo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tigama
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