Kissing Surname

384,027th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 926 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Kissing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kissing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5591:144,01717,382
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
Papua New Guinea701:116,48215,803
Netherlands521:324,75337,631
Philippines501:2,024,764119,725
Italy391:1,568,12082,279
Mauritius321:40,4197,602
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Kissing (20) may also be a first name.

Kissing Last Name Facts

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

Kissing is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kissing? popularity and diffusion

It is the 384,027th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 7,869,920 people. The surname Kissing is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Kissing live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 66 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kissing is also the 2,446,817th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 20 people.

The surname Kissing is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 559 people, or 1 in 144,017. In Germany Kissing is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 68 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 7 percent live and Saxony, where 4 percent live. Excluding Germany it is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.

Kissing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kissing has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 439 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kissing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kissing surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.73% being registered to vote for the political party.

Kissing earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.64% less than the national average, earning $38,557 USD per year.

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Kissing Reference & Research

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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 Kissing
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