Tigat Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Tigat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 101 | 1:80,730 | 10,659 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Tigat (19) may also be a first name.
Tigat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tigat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tigat is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tigat? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,828,462nd most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Tigat reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used forename at a global level, held by 19 people.
The surname Tigat is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 80,730. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: East New Britain, where 94 percent are found, National Capital District, where 4 percent are found and Jiwaka, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 1 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 Tigat
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