Chishti Surname
Approximately 19,328 people bear this surname
Chishti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 14,108 | 1:12,663 | 877 |
| India | 2,380 | 1:322,296 | 17,872 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,113 | 1:27,723 | 3,883 |
| United Arab Emirates | 488 | 1:18,775 | 2,209 |
| England | 305 | 1:182,682 | 16,414 |
| United States | 276 | 1:1,313,257 | 91,843 |
| Kuwait | 260 | 1:14,618 | 1,974 |
| Canada | 124 | 1:297,142 | 27,584 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Scotland | 28 | 1:191,208 | 10,357 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Oman | 10 | 1:368,797 | 5,193 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Chishti (163) may also be a first name.
Chishti Demographics
Average Chishti Salary in
United States
$58,985 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chishti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chishti Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chishti (Hindi: चिश्ती, Russian: Чишти) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chishti click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chishti? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chishti is the 27,820th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 377,046 people. The surname Chishti is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Chishti reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 717,791st most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 163 people.
The last name Chishti is most common in Pakistan, where it is borne by 14,108 people, or 1 in 12,663. In Pakistan it is most common in: Punjab, where 70 percent live, Sindh, where 21 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 4 percent live. Outside of Pakistan it occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in India, where 12 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent live.
Chishti Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Chishti last name are 0.95999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.27% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Chishti earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 31.87% less than the national average, earning 235,785 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 769.92% more than the national average, earning R 2,067,250 per year; in United States they earn 36.7% more than the national average, earning $58,985 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.36% more than the national average, earning $52,347 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chishti Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chishti in the Hindi language | ||
| चिश्ती | cisti | 96.93 |
| चिशती | cisati | 1.44 |
| हुसैन | husaina | 0.1 |
| चिश्त्री | cistri | 0.1 |
| Chishti in the Russian language | ||
| Чишти | cisti | - |
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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 Chishti
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