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 borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tigui? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 379,286th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 7,744,470 people. The surname Tigui occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tigui are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tigui is also the 192,699th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 1,608 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 836 people, or 1 in 24,843. In Cameroon Tigui is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 93 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside and South Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 3 percent reside.
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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