Kishai Surname
Approximately 528 people bear this surname
Kishai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 520 | 1:101,811 | 9,968 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
Kishai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kishai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kishai (Hindi: किशई, Marathi: कीशी) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kishai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 590,896th most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 13,802,170 people. The surname Kishai is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kishai reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kishai is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 520 people, or 1 in 101,811. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Singida Region, where 81 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Iran, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kishai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kishai in the Hindi language | ||
| किशई | kisa'i | - |
| Kishai in the Marathi language | ||
| कीशी | kisi | - |
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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 Kishai
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