Tigistu Surname
Approximately 15,619 people bear this surname
Tigistu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 15,615 | 1:6,247 | 985 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tigistu (2,908) may also be a first name.
Tigistu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tigistu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tigistu is found most in Ethiopia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tigistu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tigistu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 33,967th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 466,582 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tigistu live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tigistu is also the 134,685th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 2,908 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 15,615 people, or 1 in 6,247. Aside from Ethiopia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 0 percent are found and Lebanon, where 0 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 Tigistu
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