Kissing Surname

384,027th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 926 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Kissing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kissing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5591:144,01717,382
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Papua New Guinea701:116,48215,803
Netherlands521:324,75337,631
Philippines501:2,024,764119,725
Italy391:1,568,12082,279
Mauritius321:40,4197,602
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Kissing (20) may also be a first name.

Kissing Last Name Facts

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

Kissing is found most frequently in Germany. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kissing? popularity and diffusion

It is the 384,027th most common family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,869,920 people. The surname Kissing occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Kissing are found; 66 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 20 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 559 people, or 1 in 144,017. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 68 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 7 percent live and Saxony, where 4 percent live. Outside of Germany Kissing is found in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.

Kissing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kissing has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kissing surname grew 439 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kissing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kissing are 25.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the party.

Kissing earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.64% less than the national average, earning $38,557 USD per year.

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Kissing Reference & Research

Kiessig FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Kissing
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