Kisira Surname
Approximately 2,228 people bear this surname
Kisira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,916 | 1:20,375 | 3,005 |
| Kenya | 145 | 1:318,482 | 19,707 |
| Tanzania | 90 | 1:588,240 | 37,030 |
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kisira (72) may also be a first name.
Kisira Demographics
Kisira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kisira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kisira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kisira is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kisira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 189,571st most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,270,891 people. The last name Kisira occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kisira are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 72 people.
This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,916 people, or 1 in 20,375. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kaliro District, where 57 percent reside, Mayuge District, where 8 percent reside and Luuka District, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 7 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.
Kisira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kisira
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