Kissu Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Kissu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 99 | 1:534,764 | 34,532 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Burkina Faso | 22 | 1:834,186 | 9,118 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Kissu (1,649) may also be a first name.
Kissu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kissu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kissu (Hindi: किस्सू) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kissu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,044,719th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Kissu are found; 43 percent are found in East Africa and 43 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 189,765th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 1,649 people.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 534,764. In Tanzania Kissu is most frequent in: Tanga Region, where 91 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in India, where 19 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kissu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kissu in the Hindi language | ||
| किस्सू | kis'su | 94.44 |
| किस्सु | kis'su | 4.86 |
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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 Kissu
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