Tinje Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Tinje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 314 | 1:124,329 | 11,682 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tinje (36) may also be a first name.
Tinje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tinje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tinje is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Tinje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tinje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 860,770th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tinje live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Tinje is also the 1,717,090th most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 36 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 124,329. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Yumbe District, where 83 percent reside, Koboko District, where 16 percent reside and Adjumani District, where 0 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Tinje
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