Tignou Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Tignou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Tignou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tignou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tignou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tignou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Tignou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tignou are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 6 percent live.
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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 Tignou
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