Kişmir Surname

297,114th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Kişmir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kişmir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,2521:62,1585,925
Northern Cyprus311:10,2912,613

The alternate forms: Kismir (158) are calculated separately.

Kişmir (18) may also be a first name.

Kişmir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kişmir occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Kismir. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kişmir? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 297,114th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,680,083 people. The last name Kişmir occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Kişmir live; 63 percent live in West Asia and 63 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 18 people.

This surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,252 people, or 1 in 62,158. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 39 percent reside, Aydin Province, where 12 percent reside and Siirt Province, where 11 percent reside. Other than Turkey this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kismir94158/
Kizmir8321/
Keşmir8314/
Kishmir773/
Kismirr771/
Kizzmier710/
Kißmer6797/
Kičmer6771/
Kismer6722/
Kyzmir6713/
Kitchmire6711/
Kesmir676/
Kicmer673/
Kizmer671/
Kierzmier670/

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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 Kişmir
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