Calistus Surname

373,124th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 961 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Calistus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Calistus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4951:357,86419,258
Tanzania3831:138,22912,761
India231:33,350,669396,143
Kenya181:2,565,55037,160
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Iceland11:380,09011,096
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Calistus (16,659) may also be a first name.

Calistus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Calistus is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Calistus? popularity and diffusion

The last name Calistus is the 373,124th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,583,294 people. The last name Calistus is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Calistus live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 43,152nd most common first name worldwide, borne by 16,659 people.

The surname Calistus is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 495 people, or 1 in 357,864. In Nigeria Calistus is most numerous in: Lagos, where 10 percent live, Rivers, where 10 percent live and Enugu, where 8 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 40 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Calistus Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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
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  • 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 Calistus
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