Tigba Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tigba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tigba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1171:1,514,04157,594
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Tigba (76) may also be a first name.

Tigba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tigba has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tigba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,478,479th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tigba reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently used first name in the world, held by 76 people.

The surname Tigba is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 1,514,041. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 99 percent live and Kogi, where 1 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Tigba occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taigba91223/
Tigbas91117/
Tigbay9110/
Tiegba916/
Teigba912/
Tigbat911/
Teigbah832/
Taingba831/
Tigua803,379/
Tegba801,384/
Tugba80687/
Tigbo8089/
Tigbi8070/
Tigbe8055/
Tigwa8045/
Tigva804/
Tigby801/
Tiegboha771/
Thiegbay771/
Taingbah771/
Tiegbe73560/
Tugbah73431/
Toigbe7371/
Tiogbe7344/
Tiogbo7327/
Tyogba7326/
Tiguay739/
Tesgba739/
Tughba739/
Taigwa736/
Tiegbo736/
Tygbea734/
Tegbas733/
Tugbay733/
Tiguat732/
Tegbah732/
Tigboh732/
Taigbo731/
Tigbeu731/
Tigbos731/
Tiguas731/
Thegba731/
Tegbau731/
Tegbat731/
Tiguha731/
Tuigbo731/
Tegbea731/
Tuhgba731/
Toigbo731/
Teegba731/
Tugbea731/
Tuugba731/
Taygba731/
Tugbha731/
Tuegba731/
Tyogbea67140/
Tighbit6720/
Teagbay674/
Teegbah674/
Tyogbah674/
Taiguai673/
Tegbeah672/
Thaigua672/
Tiegbeu671/
Toygbah671/
Taygbay671/
Tuugbay671/
Teagbah671/
Toygbay671/
Tiegbeh671/
Taigwai671/
Tegbatt671/
Teigbee671/
Taingbe671/
Tigeewa671/
Toiggbe671/
Tyogbaa671/
Teiguas671/
Teingua671/

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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 Tigba
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