Tijiani Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Tijiani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 147 | 1:1,205,053 | 48,659 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Tijiani (60) may also be a first name.
Tijiani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tijiani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tijiani is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tijiani.
How Common Is The Last Name Tijiani? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,447,279th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tijiani reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 60 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 1,205,053. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 20 percent live, Kwara, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Tijiani
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