Tijania Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tijania Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tijania Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
France11:66,422,722504,397
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

Tijania (689) may also be a first name.

Tijania Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tijania Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tijania occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tijania? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tijania live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 315,065th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 689 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Oyo, where 49 percent are found, Niger, where 16 percent are found and Ogun, where 16 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent are found and Morocco, where 3 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Tijania
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