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
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Chishti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chishti Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chishti (Hindi: चिश्ती, Russian: Чишти) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chishti? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 27,820th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 377,046 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Chishti live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 73 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Chishti is also the 717,791st most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 163 people.
Chishti is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is held by 14,108 people, or 1 in 12,663. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Punjab, where 70 percent live, Sindh, where 21 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this surname is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent live.
Chishti Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing 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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