Kiß Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Kiß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 157 | 1:512,774 | 43,467 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
The alternate forms: Ki (145,326) & Kí (1) are calculated separately.
Kiß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiß Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiß is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Ki or Kí. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiß? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kiß is the 1,338,236th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kiß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Kiß is most common in Germany, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 512,774. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Saxony, where 21 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent are found and Hesse, where 17 percent are found. Other than Germany Kiß occurs in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ki | 93 | 145,326 | / |
| Kieß | 86 | 629 | / |
| Keiß | 86 | 57 | / |
| Kaiß | 86 | 25 | / |
| Kiße | 86 | 9 | / |
| Kí | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kai | 67 | 144,948 | / |
| Kyi | 67 | 130,849 | / |
| Kui | 67 | 129,506 | / |
| Kis | 67 | 32,624 | / |
| Khi | 67 | 29,761 | / |
| Koi | 67 | 23,049 | / |
| Kei | 67 | 19,855 | / |
| Kie | 67 | 13,022 | / |
| Kii | 67 | 10,225 | / |
| Kio | 67 | 7,830 | / |
| Kiš | 67 | 7,416 | / |
| Kiş | 67 | 4,102 | / |
| Kij | 67 | 2,420 | / |
| Kiy | 67 | 2,060 | / |
| Kih | 67 | 745 | / |
| Keß | 67 | 514 | / |
| Kiz | 67 | 411 | / |
| Kki | 67 | 195 | / |
| Käß | 67 | 111 | / |
| Kiș | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kói | 67 | 29 | / |
| Hki | 67 | 25 | / |
| Kgi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kqi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gki | 67 | 6 | / |
| Qki | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kéi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ōki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiç | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kiß
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