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) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gisu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 883,255th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Gisu reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 48 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Gisu is also the 162,038th most frequently occurring forename in the world, held by 2,145 people.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 367,650. In Tanzania Gisu is mostly concentrated in: Singida Region, where 97 percent reside and Mara Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 21 percent reside and Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.
Gisu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name 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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