Kişi Surname

130,838th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,457 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Kişi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kişi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3,4081:22,8352,641
Northern Cyprus471:6,7871,523
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kisi (5,815) & Kiši (8) are calculated separately.

Kişi (21) may also be a first name.

Kişi Last Name Facts

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

Kişi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﺴﻲ, Hindi: किसी, Oriya: କିସି) is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Kisi or Kiši. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kişi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 130,838th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,108,055 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 89 percent of Kişi live; 89 percent live in West Asia and 89 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 2,368,944th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 21 people.

The surname Kişi is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 3,408 people, or 1 in 22,835. In Turkey Kişi is most common in: Bingol Province, where 18 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 15 percent are found and Kahramanmaras Province, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Turkey it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent are found and Qatar, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kisi925,815/
Kiši928/
Kici75779/
Kiçi75182/
Kiči7514/
Kishi6776,647/
Kissi6724,902/
Kaisi6712,117/
Kisoi671,872/
Kisai671,269/
Kišić67900/
Khici67679/
Kiosi67554/
Kuisi67438/
Kisui67427/
Kiesi67306/
Kaici67285/
Kisei67267/
Khisi67245/
Kişer67154/
Kisie67148/
Kisci67130/
Kisii6796/
Gkizi6788/
Keisi6748/
Koisi6740/
Kiszi6722/
Kičiň6722/
Kišič6715/
Kisih6712/
Kißio676/
Kišši675/
Kisiy675/
Kesii673/
Koici672/
Kiçgi672/
Kioci672/
Keici671/
Kisič671/
Kiççi671/
Chişi671/
Kixhi671/
Kicei671/

Kişi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kişi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﻴﺴﻲsysy-
Kişi in the Hindi language
किसीkisi79.17
कीसीkisi20.83
Kişi in the Oriya language
କିସିkisi54.17
କିଶିkisi29.17
କିଷୀkisi4.17
କିଷିkisi4.17
କୀଶିkisi4.17
କିସୀkisi4.17

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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 Kişi
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