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 surname Kiß is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Ki or Kí. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiß? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,338,236th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The surname Kiß is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kiß reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 512,774. In Germany it is most common in: Saxony, where 21 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent are found and Hesse, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name exists in one country. It is also common 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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