Kishu Surname
Approximately 1,218 people bear this surname
Kishu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,052 | 1:121,525 | 6,758 |
| India | 160 | 1:4,794,159 | 122,003 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kishu (2,562) may also be a first name.
Kishu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kishu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kishu (Bengali: কিষু, Hindi: किशु, Marathi: कीशु, Oriya: କିଶୁ) is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kishu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 309,548th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 5,983,207 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kishu reside; 86 percent reside in East Asia and 86 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Kishu is also the 145,495th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 2,562 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 1,052 people, or 1 in 121,525. In Japan it is most numerous in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 33 percent reside, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 18 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Japan this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kishu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kishu in the Oriya language | ||
| କିଶୁ | kisu | 75 |
| କିଷୁ | kisu | 25 |
| Kishu in the Hindi language | ||
| किशु | kisu | 71.53 |
| किशू | kisu | 18.98 |
| कीशू | kisu | 5.84 |
| कीशु | kisu | 2.92 |
| Kishu in the Marathi language | ||
| कीशु | kisu | 60 |
| केसु | kesu | 20 |
| कीशू | kisu | 20 |
| Kishu in the Bengali language | ||
| কিষু | kisu | 50 |
| কিশু | kisu | 50 |
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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 Kishu
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