Tinguiri Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Tinguiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tinguiri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger1421:135,1555,116
Burkina Faso881:208,5474,454
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tinguiri (317) may also be a first name.

Tinguiri Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tinguiri is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tinguiri? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tinguiri is the 1,073,555th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. Tinguiri occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tinguiri reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 493,198th most widely held given name in the world It is held by 317 people.

This last name is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 135,155. In Niger Tinguiri is most prevalent in: Zinder Region, where 80 percent reside and Diffa Region, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Niger this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 38 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tingiri93134/
Tingueri882,596/
Tingiris8823/
Tenguiri8811/
Tinguire883/
Tingirai881/
Thingiri881/
Tinguiry881/
Tinggiri881/
Tinguerii821/
Tingira80361/
Tengiri8035/
Tingire804/
Timgiri802/
Tingiry801/
Tengueri75299/
Tinguery7534/
Tinguere7527/
Tenghiri759/
Tenguiray711/
Tingherie711/
Tinkuhire711/
Tengeri67225/
Timgire6746/
Temgiri674/
Tingere672/
Tengire672/
Tengira671/
Tingery671/
Tengeris6386/
Thengire6317/
Tenguere6312/
Tengwire634/
Tengerit631/
Tingwere631/
Temgire533,723/
Tengera53138/
Tengere5347/
Tengeres5042/
Tengerai5024/
Tångeryd5017/
Thengere506/
Tångered502/
Temgires501/
Temghire501/
Tengerer500/

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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 Tinguiri
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