Jisay Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Jisay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 71 | 1:62,092 | 5,420 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
Jisay (533) may also be a first name.
Jisay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jisay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jisay (Hindi: जिसया, Oriya: ଯିଶାୟ) is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jisay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,152,526th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. Jisay occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Jisay reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 365,345th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 533 people.
The surname Jisay is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 62,092. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 69 percent reside, River Gee County, where 17 percent reside and Margibi County, where 13 percent reside. Besides Liberia it occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jisay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jisay in the Hindi language | ||
| जिसया | jisaya | - |
| Jisay in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯିଶାୟ | yisaya | 40.95 |
| ଜିସାୟ | jisaya | 25.08 |
| ଜିଶାୟ | jisaya | 19.68 |
| ଯୀଶାୟ | yisaya | 5.4 |
| ଯିସାୟ | yisaya | 4.76 |
| ଜୀସାୟ | jisaya | 2.22 |
| ଯିଷାୟ | yisaya | 0.32 |
| ଜିସୟ | jisaya | 0.32 |
| ଯୀସାୟ | yisaya | 0.32 |
| ଦିଶାୟ | disaya | 0.32 |
| ଜିଷାୟ | jisaya | 0.32 |
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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 Jisay
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