Tighe is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tighe
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Grandson of Tadhg meaning "poet".

Tighe is the variation of Teague. One with a fair complexion; grandson of Tadhg meaning "poet"; dweller in an enclosure or near a common pasture.

Family name is a variant form of Tague. Grandson of Tadhg meaning "poet".

Lastname is the form of McTigue. The son of Tadhg meaning "poet or philosopher".

1. Apparently a personal and saintly name. There is a manor of Saint Tygh, in Cuckfield, county of Sussex. 2. Sir B. Burke says, that the name was derived from a village so called in Rutlandshire, in the immediate vicinity of which, at Carlby, county of Lincoln, the ancestors of Tighe of Woodstock, county of Kilkenny, were long seated. B.L.G.

How popular is Tighe?

Tighe is common in United States, England, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Scotland.

Tighe is ranked 35798 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Tighe bearers increased by 1.58 per cent in 2010 US census to 4942 since 2000, the surname slipped by 387 spots and ranked at 6824. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.37 96.46
Hispanic or Latino 2.17 1.44
Others 1.19 1.09
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.71 0.43
Black 0.4 0.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.16 0.27
Tighe is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 14753 people have been found who wears Tighe as their family name. Tighe is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Tighe:
6,018 United States7,300
2,826 England2,803
431 Ireland2,046
2,966 Australia1,262
Countries with hundreds of Tighe:
6,046 Canada740
3,337 Scotland159
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
157,648 Thailand68
10,483 New Zealand65
9,362 Chile53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
73,245 South Africa40
186,232 France27
162,099 Nigeria25
5,745 Northern Ireland21
10,403 Wales21
14,725 Qatar19
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
60,754 Tanzania9
84,476 Zimbabwe9
3,029 Guam8
228,986 Philippines8
150,293 Malaysia7
939 Northern Mariana Islands6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 18 years old maid Catherine Tighe who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 23, 1846 by Henry Pratt put out from Liverpool. Ann Tighe, Bernard Tighe (11), 9 years old Maria Tighe, Matthew Tighe, Peter Tighe, aged 21, 20 years old John Tighe, 45 years old Thomas Tighe, 23 years old Anthony Tighe, and 126 other Tighe around 47.83% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, overseer or overlooker or subduer, farmers & migrated to US.

From Germany

Gentleman John Tighe from Usa aboard the Alaska from Liverpool & Queenstown. He is registered to be 40 years old when he arrived in USA on March 15, 1882. Spinster Mary A. Tighe, 10 years old L. Tighe, Engineer P.H Tighe, 30 years old Bridget Tighe, Martin Tighe (34) Farmer, Timothy Tighe, aged 59, Spinster Mary Tighe, Anne Tighe, are other Tighe that migrated to US.

Tighe Namesakes

  • Robert Tighe, English cleric and linguist
  • Tommy Tighe, sports radio broadcaster
  • Michael Tighe, American singer/songwriter, guitarist and actor
  • Mary Tighe, Anglo-Irish poet
  • Kevin Tighe, American actor who has worked in television, film
  • Andrew Tighe, Australian actor and theatre director
  • Jack Tighe, American minor league baseball player, coach
  • Brad Tighe, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
  • James Tighe, semi-retired English professional wrestler

Tighe Namesakes

  • Robert Tighe, English cleric and linguist
  • Tommy Tighe, sports radio broadcaster
  • Michael Tighe, American singer/songwriter, guitarist and actor
  • Mary Tighe, Anglo-Irish poet
  • Kevin Tighe, American actor who has worked in television, film
  • Andrew Tighe, Australian actor and theatre director
  • Jack Tighe, American minor league baseball player, coach
  • Brad Tighe, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
  • James Tighe, semi-retired English professional wrestler

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