Kisiu Surname
Approximately 538 people bear this surname
Kisiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 464 | 1:114,098 | 10,974 |
| Kenya | 46 | 1:1,003,911 | 34,451 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kisiu (64) may also be a first name.
Kisiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kisiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kisiu is most common in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kisiu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 582,776th most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 13,545,624 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kisiu are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kisiu is also the 1,223,525th most common given name globally It is held by 64 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 464 people, or 1 in 114,098. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 80 percent live, Manyara Region, where 18 percent live and Tanga Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 9 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
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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 Kisiu
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