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 found most frequently in Uganda. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tinje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 860,770th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tinje live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 36 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 124,329. In Uganda Tinje is most prevalent in: Yumbe District, where 83 percent live, Koboko District, where 16 percent live and Adjumani District, where 0 percent live. Other than Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 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 Tinje
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