Tigui Surname
Approximately 941 people bear this surname
Tigui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 836 | 1:24,843 | 3,378 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Burkina Faso | 25 | 1:734,084 | 8,477 |
| Moldova | 15 | 1:237,425 | 21,121 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Tigui (1,608) may also be a first name.
Tigui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tigui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tigui (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻴﻜﻲ) is most common in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tigui.
How Common Is The Last Name Tigui? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 379,286th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,744,470 people. The surname Tigui occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tigui reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tigui is also the 192,699th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 1,608 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 836 people, or 1 in 24,843. In Cameroon Tigui is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 93 percent live, Littoral Region, where 4 percent live and South Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Cameroon Tigui occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tigui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tigui in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻴﻜﻲ | tyky | 75 |
| ﺗﻴﻜﻰ | tyky | 25 |
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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 Tigui
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