Kieß Surname
Approximately 629 people bear this surname
Kieß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 628 | 1:128,193 | 15,631 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Kieß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kieß Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kieß occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kieß? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kieß is the 518,137th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 11,585,924 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kieß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 628 people, or 1 in 128,193. In Germany it is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 52 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found and Saxony, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keß | 86 | 514 | / |
| Kiß | 86 | 167 | / |
| Kise | 75 | 7,338 | / |
| Kies | 75 | 6,785 | / |
| Kieś | 75 | 652 | / |
| Kice | 75 | 432 | / |
| Kiez | 75 | 68 | / |
| Keiß | 75 | 57 | / |
| Keeß | 75 | 44 | / |
| Kiçe | 75 | 26 | / |
| Kaiß | 75 | 25 | / |
| Kiße | 75 | 9 | / |
| Keuß | 75 | 6 | / |
| Kaise | 67 | 5,476 | / |
| Kiess | 67 | 1,352 | / |
| Kisse | 67 | 841 | / |
| Kishe | 67 | 705 | / |
| Kiesz | 67 | 522 | / |
| Keise | 67 | 504 | / |
| Khise | 67 | 179 | / |
| Kuise | 67 | 48 | / |
| Quieß | 67 | 35 | / |
| Koise | 67 | 31 | / |
| Kiejs | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kiesh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kuice | 67 | 5 | / |
| Khies | 67 | 5 | / |
| Koice | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kaice | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kiehs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kiesø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keice | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kieß
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