Gisiri Surname
Approximately 2,020 people bear this surname
Gisiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,577 | 1:29,283 | 3,237 |
| Tanzania | 415 | 1:127,570 | 11,995 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gisiri (495) may also be a first name.
Gisiri Demographics
Gisiri Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gisiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gisiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gisiri is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gisiri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 205,431st most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,607,696 people. The last name Gisiri is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gisiri live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 381,460th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 495 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 1,577 people, or 1 in 29,283. In Kenya Gisiri is mostly concentrated in: Migori County, where 98 percent reside, Kisii County, where 1 percent reside and Homa Bay County, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 21 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Gisiri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gisiri last name is predominantly 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
- 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 Gisiri
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