Kiliswa Surname

379,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 941 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kiliswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kiliswa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya9371:49,2855,028
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kiliswa (93) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Kiliswa Demographics

Kiliswa Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 19 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Kiliswa Last Name Facts

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

Kiliswa occurs most in Kenya. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiliswa? popularity and diffusion

Kiliswa is the 379,286th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,744,470 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiliswa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kiliswa is also the 986,211th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 93 people.

The surname Kiliswa is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 937 people, or 1 in 49,285. In Kenya Kiliswa is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 67 percent are found, Trans Nzoia County, where 15 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 9 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Kiliswa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kiliswa surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiliswah931/
Kiluswa86631/
Kiliswe861/
Kuliswa861/
Chiliswa80234/
Kileshwa801/
Khuliswa801/
Kilishbai751/
Qilizwa7137/
Kuluswa714/
Kilezwa711/
Kiliçbay671/
Kulesva571/
Kuleshva531/
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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 Kiliswa
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