Tijjani Surname
Approximately 94,466 people bear this surname
Tijjani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 94,371 | 1:1,877 | 247 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Iceland | 11 | 1:34,554 | 2,447 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Tijjani (87,837) may also be a first name.
Tijjani Demographics
Tijjani Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Tijjani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tijjani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tijjani occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tijjani? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,965th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 77,145 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tijjani reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tijjani is also the 11,423rd most widespread given name at a global level, borne by 87,837 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 94,371 people, or 1 in 1,877. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kano, where 36 percent live, Borno, where 13 percent live and Jigawa, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
Tijjani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Tijjani last name is chiefly Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
Tijjani earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 60.7% less than the national average, earning $16,958 USD per year.
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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 Tijjani
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