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 surname Hisks is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hisks? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hisks is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Hisks live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Hisks is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 17 percent live.
Hisks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Hisks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hisks surname declined 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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