Kisang Surname

85,561st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kisang Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from a name given to a child born outside.

Kisang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5,3261:8,6711,129
Cameroon991:209,78921,424
Papua New Guinea561:145,60220,089
Malaysia511:578,31828,229
India421:18,263,461278,402
Philippines251:4,049,529157,830
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Kisang (749) may also be a first name.

Kisang Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from a name given to a child born outside.

- knaibei

Kisang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kisang (Bengali: কিসং, Hindi: किसंगा, Tibetan: ཀི་སངས་) is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kisang? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 85,561st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,293,035 people. The last name Kisang is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kisang are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kisang is also the 300,342nd most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 749 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 5,326 people, or 1 in 8,671. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 53 percent are found, West Pokot County, where 16 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 14 percent are found. Beside Kenya Kisang occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.

Kisang Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

Kisang Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kisang in the Tibetan language
ཀི་སངས་kisang-
Kisang in the Bengali language
কিসংkisam-
Kisang in the Hindi language
किसंगाkisanga-

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