Kilishi Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kilishi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kilishi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4681:378,51020,133
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kilishi (892) may also be a first name.

Kilishi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kilishi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilishi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 640,141st most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,342,202 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kilishi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kilishi is also the 272,088th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 892 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 468 people, or 1 in 378,510. In Nigeria Kilishi is primarily found in: Kano, where 38 percent reside, Kwara, where 23 percent reside and Niger, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Kilishi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (89%) in Nigeria.

Kilishi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 96.65% less than the national average, earning R 7,956 per year.

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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 Kilishi
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