Kisumu Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kisumu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kisumu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya971:476,08124,779
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Tanzania171:3,114,21350,054
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Kisumu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kisumu is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kisumu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,441,361st most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name Kisumu occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kisumu reside; 79 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname Kisumu is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 476,081. In Kenya Kisumu is mostly found in: Kisumu County, where 85 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 9 percent reside and Vihiga County, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent reside and Tanzania, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kishumu92417/
Kaisumu922/
Kijumu83154/
Kizumu8389/
Kusumu8344/
Kesumu833/
Kisomu831/
Kicumu831/
Kitsoumou801/
Kissoumou801/
Kissimu771/
Keicumu771/
Chisumu771/
Kusumau771/
Kizumuu771/
Kezumu674/
Kushimu6217/
Keshimu625/
Kujjumu621/
Kajjumu621/
Khicimu621/
Kaissimou531/

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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
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  • 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 Kisumu
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