Tighza Surname

532,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 606 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Tighza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tighza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria4691:82,37012,931
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Tighza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tighza is found most in Algeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tighza? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 532,873rd most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,025,653 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tighza live; 100 percent live in North Africa and 100 percent live in Mahgreb.

The last name is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is borne by 469 people, or 1 in 82,370. In Algeria Tighza is mostly found in: Aïn Defla Province, where 98 percent live, Tipasa Province, where 1 percent live and Algiers Province, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 22 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tigza9110/
Tighzi831/
Tighzer77144/
Tegza73158/
Tikza731/
Tigze731/
Tixha731/
Tigzaová711/
Tighzout711/
Taigezha711/
Tigsay67132/
Tixhaj6727/
Tigjaj678/
Tigjah675/
Tikjha672/
Tigzhe671/
Tihgsa671/
Tighge670/

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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 Tighza
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