Chisht Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Chisht Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 272 | 1:656,779 | 10,135 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Chisht Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chisht Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chisht (Hindi: चिष्ट) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chisht? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 950,707th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Chisht live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The last name Chisht is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 272 people, or 1 in 656,779. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 86 percent live, Sindh, where 6 percent live and Balochistan, where 3 percent live. Not including Pakistan this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 1 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chisht Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chisht in the Hindi language | ||
| चिष्ट | cista | - |
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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 Chisht
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