Hisks Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Hisks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Hisks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hisks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hisks is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hisks? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Hisks occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Hisks are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Hisks is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Hisks is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 17 percent reside.
Hisks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hisks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hisks last name fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Hisks
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