Kiso Surname
Approximately 11,445 people bear this surname
Kiso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 8,556 | 1:14,942 | 1,848 |
| Papua New Guinea | 709 | 1:11,500 | 1,027 |
| Kenya | 587 | 1:78,671 | 7,314 |
| India | 233 | 1:3,292,126 | 95,646 |
| United States | 188 | 1:1,927,973 | 124,806 |
| Iraq | 183 | 1:191,375 | 4,515 |
| Serbia | 138 | 1:51,775 | 5,000 |
| Pakistan | 138 | 1:1,294,521 | 15,016 |
| Lebanon | 109 | 1:51,716 | 4,233 |
| Philippines | 96 | 1:1,054,565 | 88,381 |
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| Germany | 67 | 1:1,201,574 | 78,034 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23 | 1:153,757 | 10,076 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Turkey | 17 | 1:4,577,731 | 104,623 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Kišo (7) & Kisó (1) are calculated separately.
Kiso (1,884) may also be a first name.
Kiso Demographics
Kiso Political Affiliation
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Kiso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiso (Arabic: كيسو, Georgian: კისო, Hindi: किसो, Oriya: କିେଶା, Russian: Кисо) occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Kišo or Kisó. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiso? popularity and diffusion
It is the 45,344th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 636,745 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Kiso are found; 75 percent are found in East Asia and 75 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Kiso is also the 175,216th most common forename internationally, held by 1,884 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Japan, where it is held by 8,556 people, or 1 in 14,942. In Japan it is most frequent in: Hiroshima Prefecture, where 20 percent are found, Chiba Prefecture, where 14 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent are found. Other than Japan this surname occurs in 49 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found and Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
Kiso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kiso has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kiso surname increased 1,106 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kiso Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kiso last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Armenian Catholic (92%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Kiso last name are 25.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 79.17% registered with the political party.
Kiso earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.72% less than the national average, earning $38,094 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kiso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kiso in the Georgian language | ||
| კისო | kiso | - |
| Kiso in the Oriya language | ||
| କିେଶା | kiesa | - |
| Kiso in the Hindi language | ||
| किसो | kiso | 71.43 |
| कीसो | kiso | 21.43 |
| कीशो | kiso | 7.14 |
| Kiso in the Russian language | ||
| Кисо | kiso | - |
| Kiso in the Arabic language | ||
| كيسو | kysw | - |
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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 Kiso
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