Kisoo Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Kisoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 108 | 1:427,592 | 23,179 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Kisoo (188) may also be a first name.
Kisoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kisoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kisoo (Hindi: किसू) is most common in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kisoo.
How Common Is The Last Name Kisoo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kisoo is the 1,691,963rd most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kisoo are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 663,277th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 188 people.
The surname Kisoo is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 427,592. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kitui County, where 55 percent reside, Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 31 percent reside and Makueni County, where 8 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kisoo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kisoo in the Hindi language | ||
| किसू | kisu | - |
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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 Kisoo
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