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
Kisiu is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kisiu? popularity and diffusion
Kisiu is the 582,776th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,545,624 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kisiu reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 64 people.
The last name Kisiu is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 464 people, or 1 in 114,098. In Tanzania Kisiu is primarily concentrated in: Singida Region, where 80 percent reside, Manyara Region, where 18 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Kisiu exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 9 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
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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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