Tigou Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Tigou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 36 | 1:287,100 | 24,014 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Tigou (40) may also be a first name.
Tigou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tigou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tigou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tigou.
How Common Is The Last Name Tigou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Tigou is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Tigou reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 40 people.
Tigou is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 287,100. In Benin it is mostly found in: Atakora Department, where 64 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 33 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 3 percent reside. Barring Benin Tigou exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Tigou
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