Kisah Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Kisah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 108 | 1:1,224,530 | 86,214 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kisah (1,920) may also be a first name.
Kisah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kisah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kisah (Arabic: كيزه, Hindi: किसह, Oriya: କିସାନ) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kisah? popularity and diffusion
Kisah is the 1,194,481st most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Kisah reside; 66 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 66 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kisah is also the 173,270th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,920 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 1,224,530. In Indonesia Kisah is most prevalent in: Lampung, where 28 percent live, Banten, where 22 percent live and West Kalimantan, where 18 percent live. Barring Indonesia it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent live and The Philippines, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kisah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kisah in the Oriya language | ||
| କିସାନ | kisana | - |
| Kisah in the Hindi language | ||
| किसह | kisaha | 88.89 |
| किशन | kisana | 11.11 |
| Kisah in the Arabic language | ||
| كيزه | kyzh | - |
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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 Kisah
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