Gisu Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Gisu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 144 | 1:367,650 | 26,957 |
| Kenya | 64 | 1:721,561 | 30,456 |
| Indonesia | 39 | 1:3,391,005 | 183,158 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gisu (2,145) may also be a first name.
Gisu Demographics
Gisu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gisu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gisu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gisu (Hindi: गीसू, Marathi: गीसू, Oriya: ଗିସୁ) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gisu? popularity and diffusion
Gisu is the 883,255th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Gisu live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 162,038th most frequently occurring given name on earth, held by 2,145 people.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 367,650. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 97 percent live and Mara Region, where 3 percent live. Barring Tanzania Gisu exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 21 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Gisu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gisu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gisu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗିସୁ | gisu | - |
| Gisu in the Marathi language | ||
| गीसू | gisu | 66.67 |
| गीसु | gisu | 33.33 |
| Gisu in the Hindi language | ||
| गीसू | gisu | 34.15 |
| गीसु | gisu | 31.71 |
| गिसु | gisu | 26.83 |
| गिसू | gisu | 7.32 |
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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 Gisu
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