View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Kish Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Kish (Arabic: كيش, Hindi: किश, Oriya: କିଶ, Russian: Киш) occurs most in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kish? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Kish is the 29,504^th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 401,385 people. The last name Kish occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Kish are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kish is also the 181,263^rd most numerous forename on earth It is held by 1,781 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 11,716 people, or 1 in 30,937. In The United States Kish is most frequent in: Ohio, where 13 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 10 percent live and Michigan, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 85 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 11 percent live and Russia, where 7 percent live.

Kish Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Kish has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kish last name increased 9,225 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 513 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kish Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland, Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Orthodox (90%) in Belarus, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (72%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kish last name are 5.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.05% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kish earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.75% more than the national average, earning $44,335 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.99% less than the national average, earning $48,692 CAD per year.