Tigoi Surname
Approximately 283 people bear this surname
Tigoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 269 | 1:171,672 | 13,079 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
Tigoi (16) may also be a first name.
Tigoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tigoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tigoi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tigoi? popularity and diffusion
Tigoi is the 930,678th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The surname Tigoi is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Tigoi are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most common given name internationally. It is borne by 16 people.
It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 269 people, or 1 in 171,672. In Kenya Tigoi is mostly concentrated in: Uasin Gishu County, where 69 percent live, Nandi County, where 24 percent live and Kakamega County, where 3 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 5 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 Tigoi
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