Kiş Surname
Approximately 4,102 people bear this surname
Kiş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 4,096 | 1:18,999 | 2,287 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
The alternate forms: Kis (32,624), Kiš (7,416) & Kiș (45) are calculated separately.
Kiş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiş is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Kis, Kiš or Kiș. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiş? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 112,857th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,776,584 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Kiş live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 4,096 people, or 1 in 18,999. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 18 percent are found, Adana Province, where 7 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 7 percent are found. Not including Turkey Kiş exists in one country. It is also common in Romania, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kiş
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