Tijani is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tijani
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tijani

How popular is Tijani?

Tijani is common in Nigeria.

Tijani is ranked 3074 on our list.

There are about 187 people in US who wears Tijani as surname and ranked 97210 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 1 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
Black 93.05
White 3.74
Tijani is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Nigeria which signifies that it is originated from Nigeria. Around 177823 people have been found who wears Tijani as their family name. Tijani is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,892 Senegal9
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
513 Sierra Leone4
1,941 Sudan4
720,003 Russia4
3,008 Ethiopia3
19,865 Iran3
14,193 Egypt3
35,789 Turkey3
9,097 Wales3
4,881 Oman3
3,340 Jamaica3
20,186 Kenya2
2,835 Libya2
10,183 Jordan2
19,093 Finland2
4,302 Benin2
50,640 Switzerland2
147,165 Czech Republic2
16,073 Latvia1
37,493 Austria1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
37,779 Serbia1
120,357 Argentina1
169,904 Brazil1
613 Central African Republic1
4,435 Togo1
8,859 Iraq1
153,416 Italy1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
1,818 Guernsey1
50,549 Georgia1
17,768 Pakistan1
5,872 Namibia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,525 Norway46
6,551 Qatar39
7,570 Ireland38
32,811 Sweden29
9,109 Burkina Faso25
80,121 Australia20
18,457 Scotland20
422,002 India20
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
32,530 Netherlands71
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
24,466 Belgium67
48,377 Canada64
643 Iceland60
Countries with hundreds of Tijani:
8,507 England780
21,615 France453
13,246 Algeria446
7,889 Saudi Arabia423
1,000 Mauritania362
31,047 Germany336
17,922 Poland334
91,225 United States253
25,955 South Africa219
48,853 Indonesia191
10,151 Malaysia177
21,721 Spain133
Countries with thousands of Tijani:
771 Ghana4,713
762 Niger1,785
1,395 Tunisia1,420
Countries with ten thousands of Tijani:
232 Morocco13,223
Countries with hundred thousands of Tijani:
127 Nigeria151,918
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Tijani Namesakes

  • Abba Isa Tijani, Author
  • Adebayo Tijani, Film director
  • Ahmad Tijani Adisa-Onikoko, Author
  • Aleksandar Tijanić, Journalist
  • Joshua Tijani, Soccer player
  • Salâh Ud Dîn At Tijânî, Surgeon
  • Muhammad ibn Al Mukhtar Al Tijani, Ahmad al-Tijani's father
  • Salâh Ud Dîn At Tijânî, Surgeon
  • Hamda Tijani, Actress
  • Salâh Ud Dîn At Tijânî, Surgeon

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