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 last name Tigoi occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tigoi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tigoi is the 930,678th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Tigoi live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 269 people, or 1 in 171,672. In Kenya Tigoi is most prevalent in: Uasin Gishu County, where 69 percent live, Nandi County, where 24 percent live and Kakamega County, where 3 percent live. Excluding Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also found 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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