Kissi Surname
Approximately 24,902 people bear this surname
Kissi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 17,179 | 1:1,573 | 259 |
| Ivory Coast | 3,156 | 1:7,310 | 636 |
| Morocco | 1,772 | 1:19,456 | 3,003 |
| Tanzania | 603 | 1:87,797 | 8,871 |
| Algeria | 557 | 1:69,356 | 11,317 |
| Benin | 398 | 1:25,969 | 3,480 |
| United States | 263 | 1:1,378,171 | 95,481 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| England | 125 | 1:445,744 | 29,621 |
| Belgium | 115 | 1:99,971 | 15,234 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Liberia | 70 | 1:62,979 | 5,477 |
| Congo | 60 | 1:83,152 | 7,031 |
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Slovakia | 39 | 1:136,832 | 24,940 |
| Mauritania | 34 | 1:120,437 | 7,101 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Kišši (5) are calculated separately.
Kissi (4,858) may also be a first name.
Kissi Demographics
Average Kissi Salary in
United States
$47,470 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kissi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kissi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kissi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﺴﻲ, Hindi: किस्सी, Russian: Кисси) is found most in Ghana. It may occur as a variant: Kišši. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kissi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kissi is the 21,836th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 292,649 people. Kissi is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kissi reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 97,953rd most prevalent given name throughout the world It is held by 4,858 people.
The surname Kissi is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 17,179 people, or 1 in 1,573. Apart from Ghana this last name occurs in 58 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent are found and Morocco, where 7 percent are found.
Kissi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kissi has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kissi surname grew 26,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kissi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kissi last name are 36.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.74% being registered with the party.
The amount Kissi earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.01% more than the national average, earning $47,470 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.81% less than the national average, earning $48,785 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kissi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kissi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﺴﻲ | kysy | - |
| Kissi in the Hindi language | ||
| किस्सी | kis'si | - |
| Kissi in the Russian language | ||
| Кисси | kissi | - |
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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 Kissi
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