Hiskia Surname

532,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 607 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Hiskia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hiskia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia5091:4,734882
Indonesia721:1,836,794117,778
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Hiskia (2,357) may also be a first name.

Hiskia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hiskia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hiskia is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hiskia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 532,232nd most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 12,005,842 people. The surname Hiskia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Hiskia reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 153,121st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,357 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is carried by 509 people, or 1 in 4,734. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 28 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 18 percent reside and ǁKaras Region, where 17 percent reside. Barring Namibia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hiskiah921/
Hieskia921/
Iskia9126/
Hizkia83284/
Heskia8392/
Hiskya8314/
Aiskia834/
Huskia832/
Isckia832/
Hyskia830/
Yiskia830/
Aiskhia773/
Hezskia772/
Cheskia771/
Khizkia771/
Eskia73105/
Iskya732/
Izkia731/
Èskia731/
Heskja6776/
Hyskja6768/
Eskiah6738/
Iskyah6722/
Hezkia6720/
Hizqia6713/
Eskija676/
Eskiea673/
Huskja671/
Euskia671/
Heskeyias671/
Hizkiahou671/
Heskaiyah671/
Iskyaa671/
Ysekia671/
Eshkia671/

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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 Hiskia
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