Kamisan Surname

794,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kamisan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamisan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1831:161,1719,918
Indonesia1501:881,66166,139
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kamísan (1) are calculated separately.

Kamisan (1,757) may also be a first name.

Kamisan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kamisan (Hindi: कमीसन, Oriya: କମିସନ) is most common in Malaysia. It may be found as a variant: Kamísan. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kamisan.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamisan? popularity and diffusion

Kamisan is the 794,916th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kamisan are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 94 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kamisan is also the 182,678th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 1,757 people.

The last name Kamisan is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 161,171. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Johor, where 61 percent are found, Selangor, where 15 percent are found and Kedah, where 7 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 42 percent are found and Singapore, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kamisan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kamisan in the Hindi language
कमीसनkamisana-
Kamisan in the Oriya language
କମିସନkamisana83.33
କମିଶନkamisana12.5
କମିସନତାିkamisanatai4.17

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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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  • 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 Kamisan
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