Tiger Surname
Approximately 19,683 people bear this surname
Tiger Surname Definition:
This has been recorded as a synonym of MacEntaggart.
MIF 99*
Read More About This SurnameTiger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 11,867 | 1:7,747 | 941 |
| United States | 2,832 | 1:127,987 | 13,543 |
| Nigeria | 825 | 1:214,718 | 12,752 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| South Africa | 617 | 1:87,808 | 10,786 |
| France | 526 | 1:126,279 | 19,223 |
| Sweden | 488 | 1:20,178 | 1,679 |
| India | 337 | 1:2,276,158 | 74,920 |
| Iran | 160 | 1:479,891 | 28,930 |
| Iraq | 131 | 1:267,341 | 5,559 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| China | 102 | 1:13,405,113 | 805 |
| Hungary | 96 | 1:102,253 | 9,849 |
| Hong Kong | 84 | 1:87,327 | 1,583 |
| Canada | 74 | 1:497,913 | 42,460 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| England | 65 | 1:857,201 | 45,134 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| South Sudan | 36 | 1:317,085 | 679 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Afghanistan | 20 | 1:1,607,659 | 12,727 |
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| Israel | 16 | 1:534,852 | 39,210 |
| Cambodia | 16 | 1:967,947 | 5,331 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 211 | 1:238,003 | 19,923 |
The alternate forms: Tigér (33) are calculated separately.
Tiger (14,082) may also be a first name.
Tiger Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This has been recorded as a synonym of MacEntaggart.
MIF 99*
User-submitted Reference
Tiger in Hebrew has a gimatria of 613, like the taryag mitzvas of Judaism. It comes from the word, tagar, which means 'salesman' in Arabic.
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Tiger Religious Adherence
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Tiger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tiger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tiger (Arabic: نمرا, Hindi: टाइगर, Marathi: तीगेर, Oriya: ଟାଇଗର) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Tigér. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tiger? popularity and diffusion
Tiger is the 27,305th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 370,246 people. The last name Tiger occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Tiger reside; 60 percent reside in North Africa and 60 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Tiger is also the 48,428th most widely held forename globally, borne by 14,082 people.
The last name Tiger is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is borne by 11,867 people, or 1 in 7,747. Excluding Egypt this surname exists in 95 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Tiger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tiger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tiger last name rose 1,342 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tiger Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (69%) in Russia, Muslim (81%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Tiger surname are 13.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.45% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tiger earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.36% less than the national average, earning 282,542 kr per year; in Peru they earn 43.84% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,886 per year; in South Africa they earn 32.58% less than the national average, earning R 160,224 per year; in United States they earn 13.49% less than the national average, earning $37,327 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.89% more than the national average, earning $55,094 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tiger Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tiger in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟାଇଗର | ta'igara | - |
| Tiger in the Marathi language | ||
| तीगेर | tigera | - |
| Tiger in the Hindi language | ||
| टाइगर | ta'igara | 80 |
| टाईगर | ta'igara | 20 |
| Tiger in the Arabic language | ||
| نمرا | nmra | - |
| تايجر | tayjr | - |
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