Kistnah Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Kistnah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kistnah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius481:26,9465,412
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397

Kistnah (31) may also be a first name.

Kistnah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kistnah is found in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kistnah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,273,756th most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kistnah are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean. It is also the 1,874,099th most widely held forename internationally, held by 31 people.

Kistnah is most commonly occurring in Mauritius, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 26,946. In Mauritius it is primarily found in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 90 percent live, Moka District, where 8 percent live and Flacq District, where 2 percent live. Besides Mauritius this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 17 percent live and England, where 10 percent live.

Kistnah Last Name Statistics demography

Kistnah earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.31% less than the national average, earning R 63,432 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kistna9247/
Kustnah8636/
Kistinna801/
Kustna774/
Khystna714/
Kistnei711/
Kistney711/
Kustno621/
Custnea57145/
Chestna5780/
Kestney571/
Coistney530/
Chestnau530/
Chishtney504/

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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 Kistnah
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