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 more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tigou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,017,195th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Tigou live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tigou is also the 1,614,485th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 40 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 287,100. In Benin Tigou is mostly concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 64 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 33 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 3 percent reside. Other than Benin it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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