Kissila Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Kissila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 146 | 1:362,614 | 26,759 |
| Congo | 24 | 1:207,879 | 8,400 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kíssila (1) are calculated separately.
Kissila (1,514) may also be a first name.
Kissila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kissila Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kissila occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Kíssila. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kissila? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kissila is the 1,305,105th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kissila live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kissila is also the 199,628th most frequently held given name internationally, held by 1,514 people.
Kissila is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 146 people, or 1 in 362,614. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 81 percent are found, Tabora Region, where 6 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 14 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kissila
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