Kislev Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Kislev Surname User-submission:

One of the months in the Hebrew calendar (around December).

Kislev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel1641:52,1816,835
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Bulgaria71:996,98634,534
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kislev (62) may also be a first name.

Kislev Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

One of the months in the Hebrew calendar (around December).

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Kislev Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kislev Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kislev (Russian: Кислев) is found most in Israel. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kislev? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,189,614th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Kislev reside; 82 percent reside in West Asia and 82 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 1,246,114th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 62 people.

This surname is most numerous in Israel, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 52,181. In Israel it is most common in: Central District, where 52 percent live, Southern District, where 15 percent live and Tel Aviv District, where 12 percent live. Besides Israel this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 7 percent live and Bulgaria, where 4 percent live.

Kislev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kislev last name is principally Orthodox (57%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kisleva9211/
Kisliev926/
Kislaev924/
Kisloev921/
Kisleev921/
Kislyaev8668/
Kissleva862/
Kishleva862/
Kislov837,685/
Kyslev8315/
Keslev839/
Kiselv837/
Kuslev834/
Kizlev831/
Kislova778,687/
Kushlev77175/
Kislyov7722/
Kusliev7720/
Kusleev7718/
Kysleva7716/
Kizilev7710/
Kesleva776/
Kishlov773/
Kesslev772/
Kieslov772/
Kislvch771/
Kishlav771/
Kusslev771/
Kigilev771/
Kisliov771/
Kislw731/
Kushleev7117/
Kishlova713/
Kisliova711/
Kyslov67747/
Cizlev6730/
Kizlov6727/
Kezlev6727/
Khushlaev6720/
Keslov6718/
Kushlyaev6714/
Kuslov6714/
Kuzlev6710/
Keslew670/

Kislev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kislev in the Russian language
Кислевkislev-

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