Kisava Surname
Approximately 1,435 people bear this surname
Kisava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,407 | 1:37,627 | 4,342 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kisava (154) may also be a first name.
Kisava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kisava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kisava (Marathi: िकसवा, Russian: Кисава) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kisava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 271,501st most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 5,078,429 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kisava are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 740,891st most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 154 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,407 people, or 1 in 37,627. In Tanzania Kisava is most numerous in: Iringa Region, where 61 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 21 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kisava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kisava in the Marathi language | ||
| िकसवा | ikasava | - |
| Kisava in the Russian language | ||
| Кисава | kisava | - |
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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
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- 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 Kisava
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